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i am doing a science project and i need to know why is the sun stronger in summer then in the winter in the Northern Hemisphere -- unsigned comment
==Nothern Hemisphere or northern hemisphere== and the Southern is down the bottom! 2006-07-20 this was moved to "Northern hemisphere" [1] but article since 2002-01-16 was at "Northern Hemisphere". What is right? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 08:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
i need a good description of hemisphere for school!!!! please help by posting some -thanx if u do-
thank you, Angelina77 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.38.232 ( talk) 00:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
The titles are a little long. Auroranorth ( sign) 12:49, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Should it be 'Northern Hemisphere', Northern hemisphere' or 'northern hemisphere'? All three variants are found in the text. - Hordaland ( talk) 17:13, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
"The North Pole faces away from the galactic centre of the Milky Way, this results in there being far fewer and less bright visible stars in the northern hemisphere compared to the southern hemisphere, making the northern hemisphere more suitable for deep-space observation as it is not 'blinded' by the Milky Way."
I dispute this on two points: since few people live near either the north or south poles, most of the world's people can see most of both celestial hemispheres - there is relatively little that is visible from, say, South Africa, that is not visible from the southern United States. I would say that there are "somewhat" fewer bright stars visible from the northern hemisphere than from the southern, rather than "far fewer". At my latitude of +34 degrees, all but two of the ten brightest stars in the night sky are sometimes visible (those two being Alpha Centauri and Alpha Eridanii).
Secondly, the northern hemisphere is definetly NOT "more suitable for deep-space observation" as compared with the southern - for precisely this reason, most large observatories are now being built in the southern hemisphere (particularly in Chile and Australia). The Milky Way is a prime target for telescopic observation and not a significant light pollution source. While the Milky Way is indeed capable of casting a shadow as seen from very dark sky sites in the southern hemisphere, it most certainly does not cause 'blinding' (interference with astronomical observation) to any extent that it does not do so as seen from the northern hemisphere.
12.77.138.170 ( talk) 18:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)concerned amateur astronomer
There is a move discussion at Talk:Southern Hemisphere#Requested move that calls for lowercasing "hemisphere". Such a change would apply to this article as well. Please voice your support, opposition, or general comments at the linked discussion. Dabomb87 ( talk) 19:04, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved.
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Southern Hemisphere which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RM bot 19:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved.
fiji is in europe? croatia is not mainly in the north? these are probalbly mistake. Noambarsh ( talk) 11:42, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
I moved information comparing the two hemispheres to the article Earth. It was restored here and deleted thete!
Of course, we don't place non- WP:TOPIC material in articles because it would then need to be maintained in both places (or multiple places. My favorite was the article Hoboken, New Jersey which once insisted it's major airport was Kennedy International Airport!)
The paragraph was perfect for the article which contained both hemispheres. Student7 ( talk) 17:40, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
We've just seen another pair of edits, revision and revert, for the dates of the December solstice, something that occurs from time to time. Please see the Solstice article info box for a table of recent times. Note then that the times are given UTC, and that the dates will vary depending upon which time zone you are in. I think one of the reasons we get this type of editing is because the articles are not clear about the timing: dates alone are not specific enough, and even preponderance of dates is relative to time zone. It might help to take a little notice in the various articles this affects, so I've made an edit. There are sure to be other approaches possible also, so feel free to try something you think is better. Evensteven ( talk) 19:50, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
It's not that simple as you can see here http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jun/21/summer-solstice-data There is a four year cycle but each cycle differs from the last (going back about 50 minutes or so) so that over the century it will presumably go back a whole day only to jump forward by that day when the century year doesn't have a leap year. Not exactly, obviously, so that each century will drift forward until 2400. So you could only put a range for one lot of four years. Probably best to avoid the issue altogether and just say "during June and December, varying each year (and dependent on which time zone)". Btljs ( talk) 20:51, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Sun 2015-06-21 16:38 Tue 2015-12-22 04:48 Sun 2415-06-21 07:58 Tue 2415-12-22 06:36 Sat 2815-06-20 23:09 Tue 2815-12-22 07:39
Biomes for tundra1. animals. bunnies fun fact the tundra only has 6 weeks of summer. 2. plants. cotton grass fun fact trees grow less than 1 min high! 3. water. water for tundra is freshwater. 4.climate. fun facts simple vegetation low precipitation 5. tempertrues .fun facts winter is -34 c (-30 f) summer is 3-12(37-54 f) 6. fun fact low precipitation pullution low in nutrients carbon dioxide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.168.160.22 ( talk) 01:24, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved ( non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs ( talk) 16:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Northern Hemisphere → Northern hemisphere – It seems doubtful that "northern hemisphere" is a proper name, hence it should be in sentence case per WP:TITLEFORMAT. This was discussed over a decade ago at Southern Hemisphere but the result was inconclusive. 2A02:C7F:7428:D200:F9D7:AB3D:6F1:36D8 ( talk) 16:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Not only was August 2020 the second-warmest August on record, but the Northern Hemisphere had its warmest summer, and the globe as a whole had its third-hottest three-month season, too.Jared.h.wood ( talk) 23:14, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Nothing needed there since the entirety of Europe is in the northern hemisphere, not just the continental mainland. Overseas are not in Europe. Masterball2 ( talk) 05:55, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
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i am doing a science project and i need to know why is the sun stronger in summer then in the winter in the Northern Hemisphere -- unsigned comment
==Nothern Hemisphere or northern hemisphere== and the Southern is down the bottom! 2006-07-20 this was moved to "Northern hemisphere" [1] but article since 2002-01-16 was at "Northern Hemisphere". What is right? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 08:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
i need a good description of hemisphere for school!!!! please help by posting some -thanx if u do-
thank you, Angelina77 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.38.232 ( talk) 00:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
The titles are a little long. Auroranorth ( sign) 12:49, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Should it be 'Northern Hemisphere', Northern hemisphere' or 'northern hemisphere'? All three variants are found in the text. - Hordaland ( talk) 17:13, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
"The North Pole faces away from the galactic centre of the Milky Way, this results in there being far fewer and less bright visible stars in the northern hemisphere compared to the southern hemisphere, making the northern hemisphere more suitable for deep-space observation as it is not 'blinded' by the Milky Way."
I dispute this on two points: since few people live near either the north or south poles, most of the world's people can see most of both celestial hemispheres - there is relatively little that is visible from, say, South Africa, that is not visible from the southern United States. I would say that there are "somewhat" fewer bright stars visible from the northern hemisphere than from the southern, rather than "far fewer". At my latitude of +34 degrees, all but two of the ten brightest stars in the night sky are sometimes visible (those two being Alpha Centauri and Alpha Eridanii).
Secondly, the northern hemisphere is definetly NOT "more suitable for deep-space observation" as compared with the southern - for precisely this reason, most large observatories are now being built in the southern hemisphere (particularly in Chile and Australia). The Milky Way is a prime target for telescopic observation and not a significant light pollution source. While the Milky Way is indeed capable of casting a shadow as seen from very dark sky sites in the southern hemisphere, it most certainly does not cause 'blinding' (interference with astronomical observation) to any extent that it does not do so as seen from the northern hemisphere.
12.77.138.170 ( talk) 18:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)concerned amateur astronomer
There is a move discussion at Talk:Southern Hemisphere#Requested move that calls for lowercasing "hemisphere". Such a change would apply to this article as well. Please voice your support, opposition, or general comments at the linked discussion. Dabomb87 ( talk) 19:04, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved.
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Southern Hemisphere which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RM bot 19:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved.
fiji is in europe? croatia is not mainly in the north? these are probalbly mistake. Noambarsh ( talk) 11:42, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
I moved information comparing the two hemispheres to the article Earth. It was restored here and deleted thete!
Of course, we don't place non- WP:TOPIC material in articles because it would then need to be maintained in both places (or multiple places. My favorite was the article Hoboken, New Jersey which once insisted it's major airport was Kennedy International Airport!)
The paragraph was perfect for the article which contained both hemispheres. Student7 ( talk) 17:40, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
We've just seen another pair of edits, revision and revert, for the dates of the December solstice, something that occurs from time to time. Please see the Solstice article info box for a table of recent times. Note then that the times are given UTC, and that the dates will vary depending upon which time zone you are in. I think one of the reasons we get this type of editing is because the articles are not clear about the timing: dates alone are not specific enough, and even preponderance of dates is relative to time zone. It might help to take a little notice in the various articles this affects, so I've made an edit. There are sure to be other approaches possible also, so feel free to try something you think is better. Evensteven ( talk) 19:50, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
It's not that simple as you can see here http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jun/21/summer-solstice-data There is a four year cycle but each cycle differs from the last (going back about 50 minutes or so) so that over the century it will presumably go back a whole day only to jump forward by that day when the century year doesn't have a leap year. Not exactly, obviously, so that each century will drift forward until 2400. So you could only put a range for one lot of four years. Probably best to avoid the issue altogether and just say "during June and December, varying each year (and dependent on which time zone)". Btljs ( talk) 20:51, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Sun 2015-06-21 16:38 Tue 2015-12-22 04:48 Sun 2415-06-21 07:58 Tue 2415-12-22 06:36 Sat 2815-06-20 23:09 Tue 2815-12-22 07:39
Biomes for tundra1. animals. bunnies fun fact the tundra only has 6 weeks of summer. 2. plants. cotton grass fun fact trees grow less than 1 min high! 3. water. water for tundra is freshwater. 4.climate. fun facts simple vegetation low precipitation 5. tempertrues .fun facts winter is -34 c (-30 f) summer is 3-12(37-54 f) 6. fun fact low precipitation pullution low in nutrients carbon dioxide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.168.160.22 ( talk) 01:24, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved ( non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs ( talk) 16:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Northern Hemisphere → Northern hemisphere – It seems doubtful that "northern hemisphere" is a proper name, hence it should be in sentence case per WP:TITLEFORMAT. This was discussed over a decade ago at Southern Hemisphere but the result was inconclusive. 2A02:C7F:7428:D200:F9D7:AB3D:6F1:36D8 ( talk) 16:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Not only was August 2020 the second-warmest August on record, but the Northern Hemisphere had its warmest summer, and the globe as a whole had its third-hottest three-month season, too.Jared.h.wood ( talk) 23:14, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Nothing needed there since the entirety of Europe is in the northern hemisphere, not just the continental mainland. Overseas are not in Europe. Masterball2 ( talk) 05:55, 22 September 2022 (UTC)