The calms of Cancer are windless zones near the Tropic of Cancer caused by dry, descending air, shaping global weather ...

AccuWeather.com meteorologists have been monitoring the weather patternsin the tropics, including the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). So, whatexactly is the ITCZ, and how does it affect the ...

ITCZ is short for Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone. It's can be found across the globe appearing as a band of showers and thunderstorms near the equator. It forms from the convergence, or coming ...

Climate zones — like tropical, temperate or polar — represent ... The tropics wrap around the globe closest to the equator and get the most direct sunlight throughout the year.

"You can't ignore history," Krug says. The tropics could be a "cradle," giving birth to more species than the higher latitude temperate and polar zones. Or it could be a "museum," collecting lots ...

Another 20% of the world's remaining rainforest exists in Indonesia and the Congo Basin, while the balance of the world's rainforests is scattered around the globe in tropical regions. Tropical ...

MELBOURNE Climate change is rapidly expanding the size of the worlds tropical zone, threatening to bring disease and drought to heavily populated areas, an Australian study has found. Researchers ...