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To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, ...

In the Antarctic winter, if you throw boiling water in the air it freezes before it hits the ground. If you're sharp-eyed, you can find meteorites. Carbon dioxide freezes into dry ice at -109 degrees ...

A book called “360 Degrees Longitude” is about a family of four who decided to spend a year traveling around the world. The book documents their journey – but, I’m especially intrigued by their use of ...

Both cities lie in the Earth’s mid-latitude zone of prevailing westerlies in which weather systems move mainly from west to east. The huge difference in the climates of the two cities is due to ...