A meteorological principle related to the Earth's rotation dictates that tropical storms cannot cross the equator, but a couple have come close.

It seems early dinosaurs were not fond of the tropics. For the first 30 million years after dinosaurs appeared, they steered clear of the equator, a fact that has confounded paleontologists ...

The equinox is the moment when the tilt of Earth’s axis is such that the sun’s rays shine directly over the equator.

Oceanic life is fleeing the increasingly-hot equator for more hospitable water, and a mass extinction event is likely to follow.

Volcanoes that blast gases high into the atmosphere not only change global temperatures but also influence flooding in ...

There are 13 countries that sit on Earth's equator. Can you get them all in 5 minutes? If so, how fast can you do it?

Trouble at the equator too, not just near the poles Those same geomagnetically induced currents that happen in the high-latitude regions can happen around the equator of our planet too.

Marine snowfall at the equator New detailed picture of the biological particle flow into the deep sea along the equator Date: October 10, 2017 Source: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel ...