the tropics
plural noun
: the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm
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What El Niño and its colder sibling pattern don’t affect, however, are atmospheric rivers, which can carry tremendous amounts of precipitation to California from the tropics, Ralph said.
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Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Climate change pushes both sides of the equation, expanding the range and season length of Aedes mosquitoes in temperate regions while intensifying transmission in the tropics that feeds the flow of infected travelers.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Unlike with wine and its sommeliers or coffee with its Q graders, there hasn't been a standard way to compare the array of cacao beans produced on farms across the tropics until recently.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 May 2026
The atmospheric circulation in the tropics already appears to be showing signs of El Niño impacts and the pattern may already be influencing things, Phil Klotzbach, a senior research scientist at Colorado State University, told USA TODAY on May 11.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Climate change pushes both sides of the equation, expanding the range and season length of Aedes mosquitoes in temperate regions while intensifying transmission in the tropics that feeds the flow of infected travelers.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Unlike with wine and its sommeliers or coffee with its Q graders, there hasn't been a standard way to compare the array of cacao beans produced on farms across the tropics until recently.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 May 2026
The atmospheric circulation in the tropics already appears to be showing signs of El Niño impacts and the pattern may already be influencing things, Phil Klotzbach, a senior research scientist at Colorado State University, told USA TODAY on May 11.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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“The tropics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tropics. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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