equatorial
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WMO scientific officer John Kennedy said global weather is still under the influence of La Nina, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
La Niña typically brings wetter conditions to parts of Australia, Indonesia and equatorial South America, and drier conditions to the southern United States.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
According to the researchers in Mainz, monitoring wind conditions, sea surface temperatures, and associated upwelling patterns in the equatorial Atlantic can help refine predictions of future Sargassum growth.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025
For example, the researchers predicted that heat waves lasting 35 days or longer in equatorial Africa will happen 60 times more often from 2020 to 2044 than they did from 1990 to 2014.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
I had the great luck one summer of studying the three-toed sloth in situ in the equatorial jungles of Brazil.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing equatorial
South America - Middle School
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