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equatorial

[ee-kwuh-tawr-ee-uhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwəˈtɔr i əl, ˌɛk wə- /
ADJECTIVE
tropical
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The term refers to warmer-than-average waters along the equatorial Pacific that can influence weather across the globe, raising the odds of searing drought in some regions and torrential rain in others.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

La Niña typically brings wetter conditions to parts of Australia, Indonesia and equatorial South America, and drier conditions to the southern United States.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Stronger geomagnetic storms allow the lights to reach increasingly equatorial regions.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

According to the researchers in Mainz, monitoring wind conditions, sea surface temperatures, and associated upwelling patterns in the equatorial Atlantic can help refine predictions of future Sargassum growth.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

Rotating once every ten hours, it exhibits colorful equatorial banding, which is, however, not so prominent as Jupiter’s.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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