rainfall
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Another report suggested changing temperatures and rainfall also affected hantavirus transmission in Argentina.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The study found that annual rainfall on Macquarie Island has increased by 28% since 1979, equal to roughly 260 millimeters of additional rain per year.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
According to the study, the Southern Ocean may now be cooling itself by 10-15% more than it did in 1979 because of the added evaporation needed to fuel the increase in rainfall.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
“As you concentrate rainfall into heavier downpours, more of that water, it sits on top of the land to be easily evaporated,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The clinging, overpowering conviction of death spread steadily with the continuing rainfall, soaking mordantly into each man’s ailing countenance like the corrosive blot of some crawling disease.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing rainfall
The Water Cycle - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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The Water Cycle - Middle School and High School
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