climate
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Jacobson said the state can — and should — shut Diablo Canyon down on time and still meet its climate goals through a combination of wind, geothermal, rooftop solar and imported supplies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"If you change the environment, you change the vegetation, the climate is warmer or colder, it affects these animals directly," says Cruz.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The researchers argue that potential physiological effects from rising CO2 should therefore be considered in future discussions about climate policy, alongside its established environmental consequences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
El Nino, a natural climate pattern when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, tends to promote hurricane activity in the Pacific while suppressing it in the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
We may conclude...that any change in the numerical proportions of some of the inhabitants, independently of the change of climate itself, would most seriously affect many of the others.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Temperature variations and anomalies in countries close to the equator are typically smaller than in temperate climates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The next generation of plush paper towels, toilet paper and diapers could be made with a plant with long, pointy leaves that grows in arid climates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The diseases that Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are known to carry—chikungunya, Zika, dengue, and yellow fever—as well as most other mosquito-borne diseases, are most common in tropical and subtropical climates.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Most of those early examples were also found much farther south, in regions with warmer climates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
All of the disputed territories contain valuable minerals, and some of them yield important vegetable products such as rubber which in colder climates it is necessary to synthesize by comparatively expensive methods.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing climate
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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