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Recent Examples of superheatSuch a large amount of mass in such a small volume causes extraordinary gravitational forces, which in turn accelerate galaxies to speeds of millions of kilometres per hour and superheat the plasma that permeates the cluster to millions of degrees Celsius.—Toby Brown, CNN, 10 Dec. 2021 A billion years later the core will superheat to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit and begin rapidly burning helium, fusing it into carbon and oxygen.—Brian T. Jacobs, National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2021 The reverse shock wave will continue to superheat the cool iron atoms, eventually reaching the remnant’s core sometime in the next few hundred years.—Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2014 National Ignition facility, scientists use lasers to help superheat and compress tiny pellets containing hydrogen atoms.—Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for superheat
These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
These particles can not only affect human health and safety, but can also affect the weather and climate by cooling or warming the Earth as well as enhancing or preventing cloud formation.
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