heat

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That’s partly because heat pumps work by extracting heat from outdoor air, compressing it and piping it indoors, a thermal magic trick that’s harder to perform in places with subzero winters.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s an unexpected move, given that the previous week’s installment turned the heat on its principal characters up to a boil.

From Salon

Researchers also detected rare inclusions of lechatelierite, a high temperature glassy silica that forms during extreme heating, further confirming an impact origin.

From Science Daily

Laboratory research has demonstrated that these compounds can form when icy dust grains containing methanol or blends of carbon dioxide and ammonia are exposed to ultraviolet light or gentle heating.

From Science Daily

That iron would fuel blooms of microscopic algae, which absorb heat trapping carbon dioxide as they grow.

From Science Daily