Comment on If the equator is the hottest part of the world, why aren't the deserts there?

• grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The name comes from the Age of Sail. Because those persistent high pressure zones are where the winds stalled out, the ships would get becalmed for days or weeks at a time and the crew would be forced to eat their horses to survive.

  At least, that’s one possible origin.

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