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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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El Niño typically emerges every two to seven years, and the warming of ocean waters is coupled with changing conditions in the atmosphere, sparking changes in weather across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

So if a planet's day side is cooler than the maximum possible, it likely has an atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

That climate pattern sees the heating of ocean waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, which spur changes in the atmosphere that can affect weather around the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The heat released into the atmosphere by the very warm seas in the eastern tropical Pacific has weather impacts that ripple across the globe.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

My body was like a shuttle reentering the Earth’s atmosphere, hitting against particles of air and facing temperatures of three thousand degrees Fahrenheit.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Because the four other lava worlds found to have atmospheres are in the ultra-hot regime, it raises questions about whether there's a critical transition temperature when silicate atmospheres start becoming very thick.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Instead, we can use the Webb telescope to detect light in the mid-infrared wavelength range to estimate the temperature of exoplanets, which can tell us if they might have atmospheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

But surprisingly, we've found evidence that the majority of lava worlds -- similar in composition to Earth and Venus but much, much hotter -- might have atmospheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Willets focuses on DJ and experiential atmospheres, rather than live music venues and locales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The weight of how many atmospheres is above me now?

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.

From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren

Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.

From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald

Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.

From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf




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