temperature

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Polls and other research show that the American people want the nation’s leaders to turn down the political temperature.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

The team used instruments anchored to the seafloor that continuously measure pressure, temperature, density, and ocean currents.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

Under extreme assumptions, these emissions would change the global temperature by thirty-four one-thousands of one degree Celsius—an effect that would be undetectable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The older sodium lights typically had a color temperature of around 1,900 Kelvins, which our brains interpret as warm and cozy, almost like a fire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

They had to do this “outside when the wind was blowing and the temperature was forty below zero,” according to Galina Drobovich, who became the 586th’s chief aircraft mechanic.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein