The four main controlling factors are: the world’s circulation system the ocean conveyor belt system the effects of latitude and altitude the greenhouse effect Warm air rises at the Equator ...

Standard altitude-pressure tables allow mountaineers ... And this is why Everest, if it were at a higher latitude, could very well be beyond the physiological limits of someone trying to climb ...

A strong pattern exists between treeline altitude (in meters above sea level) and latitude globally (Figure 3). In a similar analysis with another set of data, Körner (1998) found a nearly ...

That's based on the jet's ADS-B positional data—the latest-generation tracking technology used in the industry to pinpoint the longitude, latitude and altitude of an aircraft. The same ADS-B ...