At these latitudes, the sun's rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow.

在这高纬度区，太阳辐射只能斜射到这片土，到达面的能量很少，并不足以木生长。

When I spoke at Convocation just over there in Cameron Indoor Stadium, and I talked then about a special place in one of Duke's hidden spaces, the granite marker in a quiet corner of Duke Gardens, indicating the 36th parallel of latitude.

当时我在那边的卡梅隆室内体育场发表演讲，我谈到了杜克大学隐藏空间中的一特殊，杜克花园一安静角落里的花岗岩标记，指示纬度 36 度。

To estimate latitude and direction he had to be fiercely observant in daylight, too.

为了估计纬度和向，克雷默得在白天保极其敏锐的观察力。

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

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.

这整件事的缘由是因为100年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.

但不管你是否是那些对寒冷有经验的怀疑论者，只要你有一很好的纬度，你就能明白为什么阿尔卑斯山的人们会在苔原上有一住所。

And the higher the latitude, the longer the period of sunshine.

而且纬度越高，日照时间越长。

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.

摩洛哥和加利福尼亚是球上纬度极其相似的两，两者都在各自大陆的西海岸，气候相似，自然资源也可能相似。

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。

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

在一活动周期开始的时候，就可以找到高速气流，像中纬度区的太阳黑子。

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

到了四月末高纬度的北极区已是通宵白昼了。

That wouldn't work at higher latitudes and more temperate climates.

这一现象在高纬度和温和气候下不会发生。

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

那孤儿院是由来自低纬度区48州的传教士管理的。

President Polk said he thought the United States had strong claims to all of the territory. But he said he would compromise. He offered to divide Oregon at the forty-ninth parallel of latitude.

总统波尔克说，他认为美国坚定主张拥有所有领土。但他也表示愿意采取折衷案，提出要在纬度四十九条平行线处划分俄勒冈。

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是不同的。

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，太阳也几乎不会落山，整晚都可以看到粉蓝相间的天空。

But according to a 2022 projection, by 2050, Earth's mid-latitudes could be experiencing extreme heat between 90 and 180 days a year, with tropical regions enduring even more.

但根据 2022 年的预测，到 2050 年，球中纬度区每年会经历 90 到 180 天的极端高温，热带区的高温天数甚至更多。

So, you've probably never had a bite of chocolate that wasn't grown within about 10 degrees of the equator by smallholder farmers.

你所吃的每一口巧克力都是由赤道两侧纬度 10 度内的小农场主种植出来的。

Based on how intact a given ecosystem is as well as how much climate change it is expected to endure, they suggest that the high latitudes and high altitudes are likely to see the most change.

根据一给定生态系统的完整程度以及其预期气候变化承受能力，他们认为高纬度和高海拔区可能最受影响。

" 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300万年来球上的情况更广泛的纬度范围。"