Did you know that a hurricane or tropical storm has never crossed the equator? The reason behind this fascinating phenomenon lies in a meteorological principle related to the rotation of the Earth ...

A file image of how the Earth's spin results in the Coriolis effect. iStock / Getty Images Plus. It was initially believed that storms could not form within 5 degrees latitude of the equator, but ...

In cylindrical maps – as is the case with the Mercator projection – areas around the equator remain roughly accurate, ... According to their score system, it is the most flat map of Earth.

Earth's rotation influences winds and surface ocean currents, creating the above-mentioned effect. Along the equator, circulating air is deflected from a straight pattern into a curved path.

Earth's now steamy Equator was covered with ice 716 million years ago, according to a new study. The finding appears to add solid evidence to the theory of an ancient "snowball Earth." ...

The Earth spins at different rates depending where you are on the globe. If it started to spin faster, you'd eventually be too dead to worry about it.

Different parts of the Earth rotate at different speeds due to the Earth's bulge at the equator. The equator spins at a much faster rate than the north and south poles.