convection
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Scientists have long known that intense tropical cyclones generate powerful convection near their eyewalls.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
On Jupiter, lightning offers insight into convection, the process that moves heat through the atmosphere.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
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 idea that convection can occur within an ice sheet may seem counterintuitive at first.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
During the summer months, however, superheated air rises from the scorched earth like bubbles from the bottom of a boiling kettle, rushing heavenward in turbulent convection currents.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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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