in the northern hemisphere
101Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere — Carbon dioxide forms approximately 0.04% of the Earth s atmosphere. It is essential to photosynthesis in plants and other photoautotrophs, and is also a prominent greenhouse gas due to its radiative forcing strength.ConcentrationAs of November… …
102Lily of the Valley — For other uses, see Lily of the Valley (disambiguation). Convallaria majalis Scientific classification …
103equinoxes, precession of the — Motion of the points where the Sun crosses the celestial equator, caused by precession of Earth s axis. Hipparchus noticed that the stars positions were shifted consistently from earlier measures, indicating that Earth, not the stars, was moving …
104with the sun — adverb : in the direction of the sun s motion as it appears to one facing south in the northern hemisphere : clockwise opposed to against the sun * * * Nautical in the direction of the sun s apparent movement in the northern hemisphere; from left …
105Daylight saving time around the world — legend|#c00000|Areas that never had DST Daylight saving time around the world, showing usage and a short history by location in alphabetic order. Africa The only African countries which use daylight saving time are: *Canary Islands From last… …
106against the sun — adverb : in a direction opposite to that of the sun s motion as it appears to one facing south in the northern hemisphere : counterclockwise opposed to with the sun * * * Nautical against the direction of the sun s apparent movement in the… …
107hemisphere — ► NOUN 1) a half of a sphere. 2) a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles. 3) (also cerebral hemisphere) each of… …
108Field hockey at the Summer Olympics — For Olympic ice hockey, see Ice hockey at the Olympic Games. Field hockey at the Summer Olympics Governing body FIH Events 2 (men: 1; women: 1) Games …
109Around the Moon — Infobox Book | name = Around the Moon title orig = Autour de la Lune translator = Louis Mercier Eleanor E. King (1873); Edward Roth (1874); Thomas H. Linklater (1877); I. O. Evans (1959), Jacqueline and Robert Baldick (1970), Harold Salemson… …
110Classification of major climatic types according to the Koppen-Geiger-Pohl scheme — ▪ Table Classification of major climatic types according to the Köppen Geiger Pohl scheme letter symbol 1st 2nd 3rd criterion A temperature of coolest month 18 degrees Celsius or higher f precipitation in driest month at least 60 mm m… …
