tropics
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While humans cause most fires in the tropics, climate change is intensifying natural fire cycles in northern and temperate regions, the researchers said.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
"It was hard sometimes but getting dressed up every day, and spending months in the tropics with 30 of my friends was so much fun," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
The storm is slated to come from the tropics southwest of the California coast.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
BELÉM, Brazil—Holding a climate summit in the tropics would seem to be a good idea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Furthermore, once malaria and yellow fever did become transmitted to the Americas by European ship traffic, they emerged as the major impediment to colonization of the New World tropics as well.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing tropics
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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Southeast Asia - Middle School
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Southeast Asia - High School
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