One degree of latitude on the earth's surface equals almost 70 miles.

地表上的纬度一度相当将近七十英里。

This whole thing got started because most of the world's most powerful countries a hundred years ago just happened to be at latitudes with long summer days and darker winters.

这整件事的缘由因为100年前世界上最强大的国家碰巧都处于夏季漫长，冬季黑暗的纬度地区。

But whether you're one of those seasoned skeptics of the cold, as long as you have a good latitude, you could see why people Alpine a way to have fundra in the tundra.

但不管你否那些对寒冷有经验的怀疑论者，只要你有一个很好的纬度，你就能明白为什么阿尔卑斯山的人们会在苔原上有一个住所。

Morocco and California are bits of the Earth in very similar latitudes, both on the west coasts of continents with similar climates, and probably with rather similar natural resources.

摩洛哥和加利福地球上纬度极其相似的两个地方，两者都在各自大陆的西海岸，气候相似，自然资源可能相似。

And they used to occupy the same latitude end in the southern atmosphere.

它们占据着相同的纬度，结束在大气层的南方。

And that is that there are parts of the world whose good ideas simply don't scale because of the latitude on which they were born.

这个世界有些地区的好创意没法大规模被实施仅仅因为它们诞生的纬度不对。

At the beginning of a cycle the jet stream is found, like sunspots, in mid-latitudes.

在一个活动周期开始的时候，就可以找到高速气流，像中纬度地区的太阳黑子。

By late April, the high Arctic has daylight around the clock.

到了四月末高纬度的北极地区已通宵白昼了。

You can figure your latitude by measuring how high it is in the sky.

你可以通过测量它在天空中的高度来计算你的纬度。

And that orphanage home was run by missionaries from the lower 48.

那个孤儿院由来自低纬度地区48州的传教士管理的。

Deprived of the Gulf Stream's warmth, the northern latitudes returned to chilly conditions.

由于缺少了墨西哥湾暖流所带来的热量，北半球纬度较高地区的气候重新回复到严寒的状况。

The interaction varies at different latitudes during an 11-year cycle.

在11年的周期中，这种相互作用在不同的纬度上不同的。

Tiny gradations in altitude or latitude can mark large differences in vegetation.

海拔或纬度的微小梯度可能标志着植被的巨大差异。

We spent our final evening sailing through the inlets of northern Norway toward Tromso and we were finally far enough south that the sun barely set and we had blue and pink skies all night.

最后一天的晚上，我们穿过挪威北部的入海口，驶向特罗姆瑟，这里的纬度偏低，太阳几乎不会落山，整晚都可以看到粉蓝相间的天空。

" This research predicts that the 21st century's tropical cyclones will likely occur over a wider range of latitudes than has been the case on Earth for the last 3 million years, " he added.

" 这项研究预测，21世纪的热带气旋可能出现在比过去300万年来地球上的情况更广泛的纬度范围。"

He tells his colleagues that when drawing the image of a forest, a concept artist should work as a natural scientist, researching information including the species of plants, the longitude and latitude of where they grow.

他告诉他的同事，在绘制森林图像时，原画师应该像自然科学家一样工作，研究包括植物种类、生长地点的经度和纬度在内的信息。

We know there's water ice at the mid-latitudes of Mars; some recent small asteroid impacts have white area around them; underground deposits of ice splashed out by the impact.

我们知道在火星的中纬度区域有水结成的冰；一些近期的小行星撞击坑周围有白色的区域；这可能由于撞击喷射出的地下沉积冰。

Satellite data after the fires revealed that the levels of hydrochloric acid were especially low compared to other years in regions of the atmosphere away from the South Pole at warmer latitudes.

火灾后的卫星数据显示，在远离南极的温暖纬度的大气层区域，盐酸的水平与其他年份相比尤为低。

When it comes to capital cities, Wellington New Zealand is as low as you can go sitting at 41 degrees south.

在这些首都中，新西兰惠灵顿的纬度最低，位于南纬41度。

My latitude is 90 degrees north and my longitude is all of them. Despite popular belief, magnetic compasses do not point directly to me.

我的纬度90度, 但没有经度，因为所有经线都通过这里。普遍观点磁罗盘不能直接指向我这个地点。