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This triggers a process called thermal runaway, where rapidly rising temperatures cause the battery to spontaneously combust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Glenn Moores, the founder of a drone company specializing in thermal wildlife surveys, has visited Marwell Zoo since childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The report by technical advisory firm HelioVolta found the devices were the most likely cause of 71% of fires and thermal damage events it had identified in rooftop solar systems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

But he says that will only give you the perception of "thermal comfort" - in other words you will feel cooler but you're not actually cooling as much as you might think.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

She got off the thermal and dropped back to her stub.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

In the first, a quadrotor drone was able to observe four hovering white balls while avoiding four orange balls, all while navigating an airfield rife with randomly occurring, dangerous air currents, or thermals.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

As spectators chant and funnel into the tree-lined stadium, the day starts to warm, which is when spotted lanternflies can be found rising into the air on thermals.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023

Vultures, another raptor, are easy to spot in the early afternoon because they “get up on the thermals and fly miles and miles and miles” looking for food, he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

The clothes feature Sombreuil’s artwork — amulets, angels, demons and more — on thermals, cut-out dresses and jeans, fitting squarely in Heaven’s irreverent, cheeky universe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

Ahead of them, high in the sky, circling on the hot air currents, were the night-gaunts, dozens of them, riding the thermals.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman