: the half of the earth that lies north of the equator
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Recent Examples on the WebPetersburg is a gateway to the LeConte Glacier, the northern hemisphere’s southernmost tidewater glacier. Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 Thankfully things haven’t become quite so dire as that here on Earth (yet), but the record-shattering heat waves currently bearing down on much of the northern hemisphere are forcing governments to look more closely at water conservation. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 These health threats are embodied in the heat waves now broiling the earth’s northern hemisphere. David Blumenthal, STAT, 2 Aug. 2022 The official start of summer—the June 21 solstice—is still weeks away, yet for many parts of the northern hemisphere unusually high temperatures are already providing a taste of what’s to come. Aryn Baker, Time, 26 May 2022 As Earth rotates, the telescopes sweep out a low-resolution map of the entire northern hemisphere. Ben Brubaker, Scientific American, 4 May 2022 Our northern hemisphere neared its yearly six month period of tilting toward the sun.Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022 Uranus was imaged on October 25 during springtime in its northern hemisphere. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021 The Franklin rover would touch down in a region of Mars’s northern hemisphere called Oxia Planum. Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, 19 May 2022 See More