specific heat

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The panel finds that these specific heat events, as well as others, would have been “extremely unlikely to occur without human influence on the climate system.”

From Washington Post

They have a high “specific heat capacity” — it takes a lot of energy to raise their temperatures by just a degree.

From Washington Post

Rapid attribution analysis attempts to answer two questions about a specific heat event: how much worse, and how much more likely, did climate change make it?

From New York Times

Known as the Breathing Shoe, the sneaker material is home to microorganisms that can learn a user’s specific heat emissions and opens up ventilation based on those patterns.

From New York Times

It blooms rarely and it has specific heat and humidity requirements to mimic its native habitat.

From Salon