climate
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“We continue to believe that hydrogen, including clean renewable hydrogen, can help advance California’s energy and climate goals while supporting the long-term affordability, safety, and reliability of energy services for customers,” spokesperson Raul Gordillo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
"If you change the environment, you change the vegetation, the climate is warmer or colder, it affects these animals directly," says Cruz.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
El Nino, a natural climate pattern when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, tends to promote hurricane activity in the Pacific while suppressing it in the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The climate statistics also feature on the front page, revealing 1,205 wildfires have scorched the UK this year, 38 homes burned in Stourbridge, 19 of which were destroyed, and 10.5mm of rain since 1 July.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The failure of bee colonies was caused by a wide range of factors, including but not limited to pathogens, pests, pesticides, pollutants, habitat loss, climate variability, agricultural production intensification, and crop management practices.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Temperature variations and anomalies in countries close to the equator are typically smaller than in temperate climates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
"We are seeing the emergence of new warmer climates," explained Mike Kendon, climate scientist at the Met Office.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The diseases that Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are known to carry—chikungunya, Zika, dengue, and yellow fever—as well as most other mosquito-borne diseases, are most common in tropical and subtropical climates.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
When migrating human populations entered unfamiliar environments, genes inherited from other hominins may have helped them respond to new diseases, climates, or foods.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
For thousands of years after corn was domesticated in Mexico, it failed to spread northward into eastern North America, because of the cooler climates and shorter growing season prevailing there.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing climate
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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