The time required for the moon to orbit around the earth is slightly longer than the earth rotation on its axis. The moon rotates in the same direction that the earth rotates on its axis. Thus, the moon's full rotation requires another 50min or 25 minutes per crossing of the earth's meridian.
Plant life is influenced by the amount of rainfall. <u>Tropical rainforests extend to the north and south of the equator</u>. In some areas, like the Sahel zone, there are large differences in rainfall every year. In the last decades droughts have caused hunger and starvation in many part of the Sahel and Ethiopia.
As you live in the or near the North pole even in the summer the temperature in decreasing little by little and in the winter it can reach over -40 degrees.
