Previously, such blobs of equatorial water were only discovered in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, but not the ...

According to Earthsky, the equinox marks the sun crossing above the equator, bringing the Northern Hemisphere spring. Autumn also starts in the Southern Hemisphere. The sun will cross the ...

Entebbe is located just a few miles from the equator and is nestled on the shores of Lake Victoria. Entebbe International Airport also serves the city of Kampala, which is a short distance away.

Past studies at the equator have shown that ocean mixing and associated heat fluxes are vital for the heat budget of the cold tongue and have important implications for ENSO. As the cold tongue ...

“At the equator, the sun is directly overhead at noon on these two equinoxes,” NWS says. “The ‘nearly’ equal hours of day and night are due to refraction of sunlight or a bending of the ...

Project Kuiper’s satellite fleet will operate within 56 degrees north and south of the equator. That covers most of North America (but excludes much of Alaska), and nearly all of South America ...

Each day of Ramadan 2025, fasting hours begin minutes earlier and end minutes later north of the equator. With daylight savings time starting this weekend in Ohio and the United States ...

El Niño occurs when sea-surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator become warmer than normal, resulting in major shifts in global atmospheric circulations. One effect ...

The planet’s tilt and the sun’s alignment over the equator determine the solstices and equinoxes. Equinoxes occur when the sun crosses directly over the equator. In the Northern Hemisphere ...

The duration of fasting varies by region. Countries near the equator fast for about 13–14 hours, whereas those in higher latitudes may fast for up to 18 hours. For the first time in many years ...

(This area is also called the equator.) If you estimate that a day is 24 hours long, you divide the circumference by the length of the day. This produces a speed at the equator of about 1,037 mph ...

but that's what's happening south of the equator at the moment. Six cyclones are currently ongoing in the Southern Hemisphere: Alfred, Seru, Bianca, Honde and Garance are making their paths across ...