convection
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Tropical cyclones can have an outsized impact because their powerful and sustained convection continuously drives gravity waves into the stratosphere.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
"Or could it be that greater energy is available because with moist convection on Jupiter, you have a bigger buildup of heat needed before you can generate the storm to create lightning?" he added.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
On Jupiter, lightning offers insight into convection, the process that moves heat through the atmosphere.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
"In addition to heat and compositional convection, the fluid-like motion of light elements may help power Earth's magnetic engine."
From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025
He became the world’s foremost authority on thermodynamics and the first to elucidate the principles of the convection of fluids and the circulation of ocean currents.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing convection
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer - Introductory
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