evaporation
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Dry ground heats up faster than moist ground because less energy is used for evaporation and more goes directly into raising temperature.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Kanchan Narayan, 44, uses a damp cloth-wrapped bottle hung on a string, cooling the drinking water inside via evaporation.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Eric Tillemans, DWP’s interim aqueduct manager, told the state board that the city’s studies have found Mono Lake’s levels are “more dependent on precipitation, evaporation and runoff than any other factors.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Traditional cooling methods often rely on evaporation, which could reduce regional water availability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Once or twice, when the normal process of evaporation is deemed too slow, I am assigned to dry a scrubbed floor by putting rags under my feet and skating around on it.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing evaporation
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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