During the Age of Sail, sailors riding the trade winds past the equator dreaded becoming stranded in the doldrums, a meteorologically distinct region in the deep tropics. For at least a century ...

Equatorial regions in Brazil less affected by 2009 influenza pandemic. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 08 / 120801185112.htm ...

Equatorial Guinea has quarantined more than 200 people and restricted movement after an unknown illness causing hemorrhagic fever killed at least eight people, Health Minister Mitoha Ondo'o ...

In equatorial regions, such as Southeast Asia and the Amazonian rainforests, frequent afternoon rain showers are common, occurring from around 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, ... Petrobras Starts Drilling Well in Equatorial Margin Region.

NOAA is upgrading its buoy system in the Pacific equatorial region, which will help forecasters track weather patterns and El Nino and La Nina events.

New research sinks an old theory for the doldrums, a low-wind equatorial region that stranded sailors for centuries. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...