Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The results of statistical research on earthquakes presented ...
FARGO — Our planet Earth is tilted. That is to say, its axis of daily rotation is tilted about 23 and a half degrees from its axis of revolution around the sun. It is this tilt that gives us seasons.
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