Antarctica takes the title for the top 4 coldest places on earth, but Russia and Greenland aren’t far behind Alaska, with lows of -69.8°C (-93°F) and -69.4°C (-92.9°F) respectively. Antarctica may be cold, but it’s far from the coldest environment humans have endured. Is Alaska warmer than Antarctica? With the […]
By far the coldest continent, Antarctica has winter temperatures that range from −128.6 °F (−89.2 °C), the world’s lowest recorded temperature, measured at Vostok Station (Russia) on July 21, 1983, on the high inland ice sheet to −76 °F (−60 °C) near sea level. How cold is it in Antarctica […]
Average monthly snow in China Peak Month Snow amount (week) Snow days (week) January 15.0 in 1.8 days February 12.6 in 2.1 days March 9.4 in 2.1 days April 4.7 in 1.2 days What months does China get snow? Apart from the warmer south and southwest of China, most of […]
C+ letter grade. A 2.4 GPA, or Grade Point Average, is equivalent to a C+ letter grade on a 4.0 GPA scale. This is equivalent to 77-79%. The national average GPA is 3.0 which means a 2.4 is below average and leaves room for improvement. What is a 2.4 grade […]
A 3rd = D (45%-50%) A Pass = E (40%-45%) A Fail = below 40% What is a 3rd in uni? If you have a 3rd on your CV it just marks you out as someone who did a degree but wasn’t up to standard. If you have a 3rd […]
A+, A, A- indicates excellent performance. B+, B, B- indicates good performance. C+, C, C- indicates satisfactory performance. D+, D, D- indicates less than satisfactory performance. Is C the average grade? This is an above-average score, between 80% and 89% C – this is a grade that rests right in […]
25 of 30, as the idea implies, is a fraction. If you had a test, with thirty questions and you got twenty-five correct, it would appear as 25/30 on the top of the page. So if you take 25, divide by 30, and then multiply by 100, you will have […]
The new grading scheme has two pass marks – a standard pass is 4 and a strong pass is 5. This means that students who get 4s across all modules will pass their exams. However, many sixth forms will require a minimum of 5s and 6s as a condition of […]
How to Cope if You Fail Your First Year at University 1 Remind yourself that first-year struggles are normal. 2 Take care of yourself as you process your emotions. 3 Be honest with yourself about what went wrong. 4 Talk to your professors about why you failed. 5 Seek out […]
London is a city much vaster than Paris, and its density is much lower. However, if we take into account the urban area, Paris has more inhabitants than London.Size. Paris London Surface area 105.4 km2 1 572 km2 Population 2.175 million 8.908 million Inhabitants of the urban area 10.784 million […]
Much of the UK’s hot weather comes from the jet stream, which is a narrow band of high speed winds. On either side of this, there will be slower warm and cool winds. Why is it always hotter in London? London is experiencing hotter and drier summers that are further […]
Dallol, Ethiopia Dallol holds the official record for highest average temperature for an inhabited place on Earth. From 1960 to 1966, the annual mean temperature of the locality was 34.4 °C (93.9 °F), while the average daily maximum temperature during the same period was recorded as a scorching 41.1 °C […]
The freezing weather is being caused by cold air from the north, known to meteorologists as a “block pattern”. The UK’s weather is usually dominated by the jet stream, a strong wind that blows straight from west to east, about 8km above the Earth’s surface, that brings damp, mild weather […]
Yakutsk, Russia The capital city of Russia’s Sakha Republic, Yakutsk is located approximately 280 miles south of the Arctic Circle. With average January temperatures of -41 F/ -40 C, Yakutsk is thought to be the coldest city on Earth, at least when major cities are considered. Which city is cold […]
Despite being generally accepted that it does not snow in Malaysia, there have been two instances that snowfall has been recorded in the country. The first sighting was in 1975, with the second one coming in 1993. On both occasions, the snow accumulated to a depth of 0.4 inches (10 […]