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convection

[kuhn-vek-shuhn] / kənˈvɛk ʃən /


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On Jupiter, lightning offers insight into convection, the process that moves heat through the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

"Or could it be that greater energy is available because with moist convection on Jupiter, you have a bigger buildup of heat needed before you can generate the storm to create lightning?" he added.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Their analysis indicates that these plume-like features are likely created by thermal convection, a slow churning motion inside the ice driven by temperature differences.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Co-author and Flatiron Research Fellow Andrea Antoni developed the theoretical framework behind these convection models.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

He became the world’s foremost authority on thermodynamics and the first to elucidate the principles of the convection of fluids and the circulation of ocean currents.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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