The top half of the Earth we call the northern hemisphere, and the bottom half we call the southern hemisphere. At this point in the orbit, the Earth’s tilt means that the southern hemisphere is ...

This axis of rotation is tilted 23.4 degrees away from the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun, giving us seasons. Whichever hemisphere is tilted closer to the sun experiences summer ...

For people who live in the northern hemisphere, it will be the longest ... Two things drive this all-important seasonal shuffle: Earth's tilted axis and the planet's orbit around the sun.