GPS operates best near the equator.
全球定位系统在赤道附近性能最好。
The United States is north of the equator.
美国位于赤道以北。
To the north of the equator these are called north-easterlies.
在赤道以北，这些被称为东北风。
In the Southern hemisphere winter has begun, and it is summer north of the equator.
在南半球，冬天已经开始，赤道以北是夏天。
The key to the Pacific islanders' success was probably their location near the equator.
太平洋岛民成功的关键可能是他们靠近赤道的位置。
Our planet Earth is comparatively small, with only about 24,902miles around the equator.
我们的地球相对来说比较小，绕赤道一周只有24902英里。
What we need is a really tall tower here on the ground right at the equator and a satellite in geostationary orbit.
我们需要的是一个在赤道处地面上的非常高的塔，以及沿地球静止轨道绕地运转的卫星。
When the magnetic field is at its strongest, and sunspots at their most plentiful, they cluster close to the equator.
当磁场最强，太阳黑子最丰富的时候，它们会聚集在赤道附近。
For those living near the equator in particular, its waxing and waning was more conspicuous than the passing of the seasons.
尤其对于那些生活在赤道附近的人来说，它的盈亏比季节的变化更为明显。
What that meant was that the sky could be partitioned, divided up, much more symmetrically than it could farther away from the equator.
这意味着天空可以被分割开来，比远离赤道的地方要对称得多。
Only during the short lag between onset of global temperature change and sea level response can warm-adapted species migrate from the equator toward higher latitudes.
只有在全球气温变化开始和海平面反应之间的短暂滞后期间，适应气候变化的物种才能从赤道向高纬度地区迁移。
During cooling most migrants would be expected to travel toward Africa, which is near the equator, since this is the direction dictated by habitat changes on a cooling Earth.
在气候变冷期间，大多数迁徙者预计将前往靠近赤道的非洲，因为在气候变冷的地球上，这是栖息地变化所决定的方向。
They could trace the growth and shrinkage of continental glaciers, even in parts of the ocean where there may have been no great change in temperature—around the equator, for example.
他们可以追踪大陆冰川的生长和收缩，即使是在温度变化不大的海洋区域——比如，赤道附近。
Undaunted, he remained south of the equator, keeping himself busy by studying the islands of Mauritius and Madagascar before setting off to observe the next transit in the Philippines.
他毫不气馁，继续留在赤道以南，在动身前往菲律宾观察下一个过境点之前，他一直忙于研究毛里求斯和马达加斯加群岛。
He says countries closest to the equator will be hardest hit.
他说最靠近赤道的国家将受损最严重。
Latitude: the closer to the equator, the higher the UV radiation levels.
纬度：越接近赤道，紫外线辐射水平就越高。
It's much more expensive to launch rockets from here than from the equator.
相较赤道，在这里发射火箭昂贵许多。
So most PV arrays use fixed mounts that face south (or north if you are below the equator).
因此大部分的光伏阵列使用固定支架指向南面(或北面如果你位于赤道以南)。
New Zealand is in the Southern Pacific Ocean, halfway between the equator and the South Pole.
新西兰地处南太平洋，位于赤道和南极之间。
In the hot zone near the equator the sun heats the air continually; hence the air there ascends.
在靠近赤道的热带地区，太阳不断地加热那里的空气，于是那里的热空气就上升。
Such cycles begin with spots appearing in mid-solar latitudes and end with them near the equator.
这样的周期活动以太阳黑子在其中纬度出现开始并随着黑子移动到赤道附近而终结。
Perhaps icy material from the rings fell onto them, piling up near the equator to form the ridges.
也许是土星环上的结冰物质落在了卫星上，在它们的赤道附近堆积了起来造成了隆起。
Not surprisingly, the people closest to the equator are probably going to feel the biggest effects.
毫不奇怪，靠近赤道的人们感受到气候变化的影响最大。
Due to the earth's rotation, hurricanes spin counterclockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it.
由于地球的自转，赤道以北的飓风是逆时针旋转的，赤道以南则是顺时针。
The closer the mass shift during an earthquake is to the equator, the more it will speed up the spinning earth.
在地震中，地球质量移动得离赤道越近，地球转速就越快。
Researchers also discovered that the planet's magnetic field is shifted about 300 miles north from the equator.
研究人员还发现，水星的磁场从赤道向北偏转了大约300英里。
Researchers also discovered that the planet's magnetic field is shifted about 300 miles north from the equator.
研究人员还发现，水星的磁场从赤道向北偏转了大约300英里。
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