altitude
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They matched observations showing that cooling becomes stronger with altitude, with the greatest cooling occurring near the top of the stratosphere.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
"We are thinking about airlifting the rope-fixing team and their logistics to Camp 2 by helicopter, so they can open the route above that altitude for now," Ram Krishna Lamichhane, the department's director general, said.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
AST said the satellite’s altitude was too low to sustain operations and that it will be taken out of orbit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Japanese forest composition varies with latitude and altitude: evergreen leafy forest in the south at low altitude, deciduous leafy forest in central Japan, and coniferous forest in the north and at high altitude.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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