as in tropical
being near the equator
a lush equatorial rain forest that is threatened by rampant development
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This happened probably around two million years ago when humans became active runners and walkers in hot, open environments in equatorial Africa, says Nina Jablonski, Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, at The Pennsylvania State University.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Parts of the dense, equatorial mainland, as well as the islands that lay off the shore of the nascent capital, Cayenne, would be turned into labor camps and prisons for the most serious criminal offenders in mainland France.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Copernicus What's causing the warming? Since last summer, the recent short-term spike in global temperatures has been fueled primarily by the El Niño event in the equatorial eastern Pacific.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
La Niña conditions, marked by cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, tend to bring drier weather to Southern California.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Parts of the dense, equatorial mainland, as well as the islands that lay off the shore of the nascent capital, Cayenne, would be turned into labor camps and prisons for the most serious criminal offenders in mainland France.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Copernicus What's causing the warming? Since last summer, the recent short-term spike in global temperatures has been fueled primarily by the El Niño event in the equatorial eastern Pacific.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
La Niña conditions, marked by cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, tend to bring drier weather to Southern California.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Equatorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equatorial. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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