Thesaurus / pole
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When that wind hits our planet's magnetic shield, it’s attracted to the poles, which excites the gases in our atmosphere.
THE AURORA BOREALIS SKIPPED THIS ALASKA PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS. BUT SOME SWINGING LIGHT CORDS SAVED THE NIGHT.BAILEY BERGFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe sun rotates faster at its equator than at its poles, and since it’s not a solid sphere, its magnetic field constantly roils and swirls around.
SOLAR STORMS CAN WREAK HAVOC. WE NEED BETTER SPACE WEATHER FORECASTSRAMIN SKIBBAFEBRUARY 26, 2021SCIENCE NEWSI also remember seeing teams of people walking the streets at all hours wiping down poles and cleaning public benches.
WHY ARE WE STILL DISINFECTING SURFACES TO STOP COVID-19?BY HASSAN VALLY/THE CONVERSATIONFEBRUARY 24, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEMost of the time, the poles stay relatively in the same place, but when they go for a large wander away from their normal spot, it’s called an excursion.
A GEOMAGNETIC CURVEBALL 42,000 YEARS AGO CHANGED OUR PLANET FOREVERSARA KILEY WATSONFEBRUARY 24, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThey further suggest that, as the Earth continues to warm from rising levels of greenhouse gases, this process could be a major new mechanism for accelerating the loss of sea ice at the poles — one that no global climate model currently incorporates.
CLOUD-MAKING AEROSOL COULD DEVASTATE POLAR SEA ICEMAX KOZLOVFEBRUARY 23, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINEI don’t run with poles, so I rely on the upper trekking-pole loops to keep my bladder tube in place for easy access.
THE ULTRA VESTA IS A RUNNER’S DREAM PACKABIGAIL WISEFEBRUARY 19, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEPepco reported 100 or so temporary outages in Maryland and the District, some of which had been caused by vehicles that toppled poles and damaged equipment, spokeswoman Jamie Caswell said in an email.
ICY STORM GLAZES REGION, MAKING ROADS A MESSFREDRICK KUNKLEFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSurprisingly, the most intense effects did not occur during the actual pole reversal, the team found, but in the several hundred years leading up to it, spanning about 42,300 to 41,600 years ago.
A MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL 42,000 YEARS AGO MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MASS EXTINCTIONSCAROLYN GRAMLINGFEBRUARY 18, 2021SCIENCE NEWSThe permanently shadowed craters at the moon’s south pole are both the first and last place lunar astronauts would want to spend their time.
NASA FOUND MORE WATER ON THE MOON—BUT DON'T PLAN ON HAVING A SIP ANY TIME SOONJEFFREY KLUGEROCTOBER 26, 2020TIMEHe can leap, dash through the air, grab onto walls, and swing from various poles.
DOOM ETERNAL IS THE BEST DOOM GAME EVER MADE, PERIODMATTHEW GAULTMARCH 19, 2020TIMEWORDS RELATED TO POLE
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