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

在这个高纬度地区，太阳辐射只能斜射到这片土地，到达地面能量很少，并不足以支持树木生长。

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

而且纬度越高，日照时间越长。

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.

当时我在那边卡梅隆室内体育场发演讲，我谈到了杜克大学隐藏空间中一个特殊地方，杜克花园一个安静角落里花岗岩标记，指示纬度 36 度。

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

为了估计纬度和方向，克雷默得在白天保持极其敏锐观察力。

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

地纬度一度相当将近七英里。

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.

这整件缘由是因为100年前世界最强大国家碰巧都处于夏季漫长，冬季黑暗纬度地区。

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.

但不管你是否是那些对寒冷有经验怀疑论者，只要你有一个很好纬度，你就能明白为什么阿尔卑斯山人们会在苔原有一个住所。

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.

摩洛哥和加利福尼亚是地球纬度极其相似两个地方，两者都在各自大陆西海岸，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.

它们占据着相同纬度，结束在大气层南方。

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时候，就可以找到高速气流，像中纬度地区太阳黑子。

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

到了四月末高纬度北极地区已是通宵白昼了。

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.

那个孤儿院是由来自低纬度地区48州传教士管理。

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。但他也示愿意采取折衷方案，提出要在纬度四九条平行线处划分俄勒冈。

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

在11年周期中，这种相互作用在不同纬度是不同。

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.

最后一天晚，我们穿过挪威北部入海口，驶向特罗姆瑟，这里纬度偏低，太阳也几乎不会落山，整晚都可以看到粉蓝相间天空。

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 年预测，到 2050 年，地球中纬度地区每年会经历 90 到 180 天极端高温，热带地区高温天数甚至更多。

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

你所吃每一口巧克力都是由赤道两侧纬度 10 度内小农场主种植出来。

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.

根据一个给定生态系统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地区可能最受影响。

" 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世纪热带气旋可能出现在比过去300万年来地球情况更广泛纬度范围。"