convection
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Their analysis indicates that these plume-like features are likely created by thermal convection, a slow churning motion inside the ice driven by temperature differences.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
The team examined whether the plume-like structures detected deep within the Greenland ice sheet could be explained by thermal convection and what this might reveal about the softness and movement of the ice.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
These included massive convection cells, clouds of dust, magnetic activity, and the potential influence of a hidden companion.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
As the molten iron and nickel slowly cool, they form swirling convection currents in the outer core.
From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025
The movements occur not just laterally as the Earth’s plates move across the surface, but up and down as well, as rocks rise and fall under the churning process known as convection.
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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