convection
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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
A new study proposes that the mysterious plumes are created by thermal convection.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
Thermal convection is typically associated with the extremely hot material moving inside Earth's mantle, not with ice.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
The idea that convection can occur within an ice sheet may seem counterintuitive at first.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
Holmes was the first scientist to understand that radioactive warming could produce convection currents within the Earth.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing convection
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer - Introductory
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