aridity
Example Sentences
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But it isn’t just the heat—it’s the aridity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Officials have long warned that continued climate change could whipsaw California between precipitation extremes, with the state trending toward aridity, interspersed with exceptionally wet years.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the night sky and is famous for being home to the largest radio telescope in the world.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of that aridity, hostile to most living things.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024
In addition, Australia’s aridity, infertility, and climatic unpredictability limited its hunter-gatherer population to only a few hundred thousand people.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
