climate
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Visiting victims of the West Midlands wildfire on Friday, he told BBC Five Live that there needs to be a focus on adapting to the changing climate, including considering aerial firefighting resources.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hydrogen is an alternative to gasoline, diesel fuel and natural gas that’s part of California’s climate strategy because it doesn’t produce greenhouse gas emissions when used.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
By examining how amphibians responded to those ancient changes, researchers may also gain insight into how similar animals could respond to human caused climate change today.
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
"It's a better climate than this lousy country."
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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Temperature variations and anomalies in countries close to the equator are typically smaller than in temperate climates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The next generation of plush paper towels, toilet paper and diapers could be made with a plant with long, pointy leaves that grows in arid climates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
Most of those early examples were also found much farther south, in regions with warmer climates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Some of us can’t stand cold northern winters with their short days and characteristic germs, while others of us can’t stand hot tropical climates with their own characteristic diseases.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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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