climatology
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Origin of climatology
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The Pacific can be likened to someone "burning with fever", says Ana Liza Solis, head of climatology at the Philippines' national weather bureau.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
"It's this repetitive or continuous threat and existence in a dangerous situation," Jill Trepanier, a hurricane climatology expert at Louisiana State University, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
Olympians might not be experts in climatology or conversant in all the relevant political arguments surrounding weather trends, but they have a ground-level view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024
Just ask Dr. James Hansen, a professor of climatology at Columbia University, whose famous 1988 testimony before Congress helped raise awareness about the issue.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2024
Similar ones apply to other historical subjects whose place among the natural sciences is nevertheless secure, including astronomy, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, geology, and paleontology.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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