equatorial
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This so-called super El Nino, caused by the cyclical warming of waters along the equatorial Pacific, could be the strongest of the century to affect Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
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
Stronger geomagnetic storms allow the lights to reach increasingly equatorial regions.
From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025
Africa is the only continent to extend from the northern to the southern temperate zone, while also encompassing some of the world’s driest deserts, largest tropical rain forests, and highest equatorial mountains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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South America - Middle School
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