The bold question-askers at What If map out how a 40,000 km highway around the equator could revolutionize global travel.

Did you know that a hurricane or tropical storm has never crossed the equator? The reason behind this fascinating phenomenon lies in a meteorological principle related to the rotation of the Earth ...

Most tropical systems remain north of 5 degrees north latitude or south of 5 degrees south latitude. The closest a tropical storm or hurricane has ever come to crossing the equator was Typhoon ...

At precisely 5:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, the sun's rays fall directly on the equator, marking the first official day of spring. Meteorologists consider March 1 the start of spring.

An unnamed tropical depression in 1973 formed farther south The closest a tropical depression has ever formed to the equator was an unnamed storm in December 1973. This storm formed at 0.5 latitude.