The tropics, as a region, account for 40 per cent of the world’s total surface area and are host to approximately 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity.

F or a few months this summer, a large strip of Atlantic Ocean along the equator cooled at record speed. Though the cold patch is now warming its way back to normal, scientists are still baffled ...

A file image of how the Earth's spin results in the Coriolis effect. iStock / Getty Images Plus. It was initially believed that storms could not form within 5 degrees latitude of the equator, but ...

The frost sits within the Tharsis area, the largest volcanic region on Mars, which hosts 12 large volcanoes.This includes Olympus Mons, which is not only the tallest volcano on Mars but is also ...

The remains of a glacier have been found near the Martian equator. While the glacier no longer exists, a salty layer has preserved the shape, size and detailed features of the icy formation.

At precisely 5:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, the sun's rays fall directly on the equator, marking the first official day of spring. Meteorologists consider March 1 the start of spring.

Brazil’s oil regulator is set to grant exploration rights in a promising offshore region where state-controlled oil producer Petrobras has faced a years-long dispute with environmental ...

While that region is known to swing between cold and warm phases every few years, the rate at which it plunged from record high to low this time is "really unprecedented," Franz Tuchen, a ...