equatorial
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"Our observations confirm that sea-surface temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific have now surpassed levels recorded during previous El Nino events," it said in a statement to AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
These measurements come from the region of the equatorial Pacific used to monitor El Niño.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
El Nino warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
That allows hotter and higher seas to slosh from the far western equatorial Pacific — like Indonesia — east to a normally cooler part of the ocean near Peru, Amaya said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The cows that the Bantu acquired from the tsetse-free Sahel zone failed to survive the Bantu expansion through the equatorial forest.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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