Christopher Columbus

I propose to construct a new chart for navigating, on which I shall delineate all the sea and lands of the Ocean in their proper positions under their bearings; and further, I propose to prepare a book, and to put down all as it were in a picture, by latitude from the equator, and western longitude.

Italian Explorer

Seth Shostak

The Earth has been lawned with life for something over 3.5 billion years. That's a span of time great enough to encompass some honest-to-goodness catastrophe. For example, 700 million years ago, Earth underwent a planet-wide deep freeze, with ice covering the oceans from the poles to the equator.

American Scientist

Antony Gormley

I think that the equator could act as a great equalizer for all life on Earth, celebrated as the great energy belt of the planet. If all our energy grids were synchronized, the light side of the planet could provide energy for the dark side, according to the movement of the sun.

British Artist

Ellsworth Huntington

Today, no less than in the past, the tetrahedral form of the earth and the relation of the tetrahedron to the poles and to the equator preserve the conditions that favor rapid evolution.

American Educator

C. S. Lewis

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

British Writer

The equator represents a hot, tropical climate zone around Earth.

Geographical Belt

The concept of the equator is often used in culture to depict exoticness and adventure.

Cultural Significance

Regions at the equator have consistent 12-hour days and nights throughout the year.

Daylight Consistency

In astronomy, the equator helps describe the rotation or alignment of planets and stars.

Astronomical Use

The equator idea applies to any sphere, not just Earth, emphasizing its universality.

Universal Concept

In optics, the equator is crucial for precise measurements and light behavior analysis.

Precision in Optics

Using 'equator' in optics may confuse non-specialists; it's specific to the field.

Technical Jargon

In medical terms, the 'equator' aids in orientation and procedure descriptions for anatomy.

Anatomical Reference

Knowing the equator of the eyeball is critical for certain eye surgeries and diagnostics.

Surgical Relevance

 which travel clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. That’s because of the way the Earth’s rotation affects the wind patterns that give rise to these currents. If the earth didn’t rotate, air and water would simply move back and forth between low pressure at the equator

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 have actually loaded all those carbon dioxides the atmosphere in the first instance it's the exact opposite the parts that will suffer the most most quickly are those around the equator but you have to understand this is also a crisis for the world

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 flying around the world nonstop in a plane of his own design. Able to travel consistently at the incredible speed of one degree longitude around the equator per minute, the plane would take six hours to circle the world. There's just one

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 Africa along the equator and everywhere each glacier grows it grows within inhabited and historic environments where there are glaciers there are people and the two have been influencing each other for the entirety of human

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 couple seconds off the equator I said they have mismeasured and there were thousands of people taking their pictures and standing on the north and southern hemisphere and I said no they're all frauds this isn't it I'm

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 he knew that skin color was one of the most important ways in which people varied. And he was somewhat interested in the pattern of skin color. He knew that darkly pigmented peoples were found close to the equator;

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 Hurricanes help regulate our climate by moving heat energy from the equator to the poles keeping the Earth's temperature stable. Over time, science has helped us to better understand

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 striking the earth head-on at the equator it's here that they deliver the most intense solar energy on the planet enabling life to flourish

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 changing conditions think of the equator as climate change occurs that kind of central part of the world

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