India is located in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres. Learn how its hemispheric position affects climate, time zone, ...

Geography students should be aware of the distinctions between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The equator separates the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

The fierce winds of a hurricane are known as tropical cyclones in some parts of the world, so you might expect them to sweep across the entire tropics. But there's one area of the tropics where ...

The autumn equinox is now upon us! Today marks the moment that the sun crosses the celestial equator, ushering in the beginning of astronomical autumn in the northern hemisphere, which brings with it ...

Africa holds a truly unique place on the world map. It is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres, the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western. No other continent shares this ...

Get ready for the cold − and the dark. The winter solstice – marking the longest night and fewest hours of daylight of the year – occurs on Thursday, Dec. 21. Up here in the Northern Hemisphere, it ...

Volcanoes that blast gases high into the atmosphere not only change global temperatures but also influence flooding in unusual ways, Princeton researchers have found. In an August 26 article in the ...

The summer solstice takes place in mid-June each year in the Northern Hemisphere nicola margaret/Getty Goodbye darkness and hello sunshine! The summer solstice marks the official start of longer, ...

This evening, we will have a change of the seasons: The occurrence of the vernal equinox, marking the official start of spring. In fact, it will be a rather auspicious occurrence. The earliest that ...