climatology
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noun
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Vocabulary lists containing climatology
Global Climate Change - Introductory
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In a 2025 paper in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, I documented one of the clearest examples of self-correction failure in climate research that I’ve encountered in nearly three decades of research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
A separate paper published in the International Journal of Climatology showed the average depth of winter snowfall in the southern Alpine region surrounding Cortina has declined more than 25% since 1980.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
According to a December 2024 study published in the International Journal of Climatology, the snow cover in the Italian Alps had decreased by half in the past 100 years.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
Daryono, who heads the Earthquake and Tsunami Center at Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency, said the land-based quake was causing panic as it was strongly felt in several cities and villages.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023
Climatology, 317-329; climate, general sense of, 317, 318.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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