northern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Northern Hemisphere
: the half of the earth that lies north of the equator
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This alignment between the sun, moon and Earth is so rare that, on average, any one spot in the northern hemisphere experiences a total solar eclipse every 330 years.
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Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
The film centers on a legend that Plovers are the couriers of spring and without them summer won’t come to the northern hemisphere.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
The spring equinox is when the sun crosses the celestial equator — an imaginary line that lines up with the equator on Earth — and the northern hemisphere tilts more often toward the sun.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2024
Here in the northern hemisphere, this year’s spring equinox took place on March 19, wrapping up the winter and heralding in the rejuvenating vibes of springtime.
—Nina Kahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
My quest to find out led me to a nifty solar eclipse simulator that helps users visualize what April’s solar eclipse will look like from any city, town, mountain peak, or desolate patch of land in the northern hemisphere.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
In most of the northern hemisphere, these pollutants could be reducing the distances at which insects are able to locate flowers by 75% or more–from more than five kilometers in the pre-industrial age to fewer than 400 meters in the present.
—Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
March marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, not to mention the one-month countdown to the April 8 total solar eclipse.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
March 2024 is set to be a busy month for stargazers in the northern hemisphere.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
The film centers on a legend that Plovers are the couriers of spring and without them summer won’t come to the northern hemisphere.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
The spring equinox is when the sun crosses the celestial equator — an imaginary line that lines up with the equator on Earth — and the northern hemisphere tilts more often toward the sun.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2024
Here in the northern hemisphere, this year’s spring equinox took place on March 19, wrapping up the winter and heralding in the rejuvenating vibes of springtime.
—Nina Kahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
My quest to find out led me to a nifty solar eclipse simulator that helps users visualize what April’s solar eclipse will look like from any city, town, mountain peak, or desolate patch of land in the northern hemisphere.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
In most of the northern hemisphere, these pollutants could be reducing the distances at which insects are able to locate flowers by 75% or more–from more than five kilometers in the pre-industrial age to fewer than 400 meters in the present.
—Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
March marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, not to mention the one-month countdown to the April 8 total solar eclipse.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
March 2024 is set to be a busy month for stargazers in the northern hemisphere.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Northern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northern%20hemisphere. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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