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tropical

adjective as in warm and humid

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"Our morphological and DNA analyses confirmed that these specimens represent a new species, distinct from its tropical relatives," explains researcher Kei Chloe Tan, who conducted the genetic testing.

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The fossils uncovered in this study date back about 200 million years to the end of the Triassic Period, a time when what is now the United Kingdom was located in warmer, tropical latitudes.

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Forest loss also slowed 11 percent in the Cerrado, a vast region of tropical savannah in central Brazil.

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One new development could be the launch of the "Tropical Forests Forever Facility" - a fund to prevent the loss of tropical forests.

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A tropical storm warning is in place for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the speed of the slow-moving hurricane is expected to increase in the coming days.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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