Due to the Earth’s tilt and position around the Sun, things get very light and warm in summer for us in UK, and then winter becomes very cold and dark. But if you are on the equator, surely the amount of light you get won’t change much?
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Short answer: indeed, near the equator there are no seasons in the sense that we have them in Europe or North America.
However, there can be other seasonal effects, which are a result of the fact that the land masses are not equally distributed over the planet. For example, when it is summer (=hot) over a large area of water (=ocean) then there is more evaporated water (=clouds) in the atmosphere than when it is hot over a dry land mass. If you live in the area where these clouds typically drift to, you will experience a “rain season”, whereas the time when this isn’t the case will be a “dry season”. Ask people, e.g. living in India what that means 🙂
In relaity it is a bit more complicated, as different heating patterns can also change the wind directions, etc. but in general, this is about it.
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