northern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Northern Hemisphere
: the half of the earth that lies north of the equator
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Miles above the Earth, two bands of fast-moving air – the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex – sometimes tango together to influence weather in the northern hemisphere.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Unlike our northern hemisphere on Earth, on the Red Planet, the new year starts off with the beginning of the spring season.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The new work suggests that the edge of the dichotomy was eroded back by hundreds of kilometers during the time when an ocean might have occupied Mars' northern hemisphere.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
First, most of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Unlike our northern hemisphere on Earth, on the Red Planet, the new year starts off with the beginning of the spring season.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The new work suggests that the edge of the dichotomy was eroded back by hundreds of kilometers during the time when an ocean might have occupied Mars' northern hemisphere.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
First, most of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Northern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northern%20hemisphere. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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