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equatorial

[ee-kwuh-tawr-ee-uhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwəˈtɔr i əl, ˌɛk wə- /
ADJECTIVE
tropical
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The term refers to warmer-than-average waters along the equatorial Pacific that can influence weather across the globe, raising the odds of searing drought in some regions and torrential rain in others.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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

La Nina is a naturally occurring climate pattern that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

The population of Nzara had grown in recent years—the town had experienced, in its own way, the human population explosion that is occurring throughout the equatorial regions of the earth.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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