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 ...

Here's why hurricanes, also known as tropical cyclones and typhoons, don't form at the equator and why it would be rare for them to cross it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Africa's second-longest river, the Congo, is a global marvel, uniquely crossing the Equator twice. This immense waterway, the ...

The 2025 winter solstice falls on Sunday, Dec. 21, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s what it all means.

About 15 miles north of Quito, a yellow line representing the Equator runs up a long, regal walkway to the base of the Mitad del Mundo monument, built in 1979. The thing is, they built the structure ...

WHEN THE Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt arrived in South America in 1799, the colours astonished him. “Look at the blossoms, the birds,” he wrote. “Even the crayfish are blue and yellow.” ...

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Turkish firm CTech has delivered satellite communications (satcom) systems to support unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

La Niña has a major influence on winter weather in the U.S., but its effects vary drastically by region. What will we see?

Federal scientists from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) confirmed that the La Niña weather pattern, which started in ...