Phrases with «temperate zones»

"Temperate zones" refers to the regions on Earth that have moderate or mild temperatures, neither too hot nor too cold. It typically includes areas that experience four distinct seasons with relatively comfortable and balanced weather conditions throughout the year. Full definition

Sentences with «temperate zones»

  • It's clear that what Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University has called «The Great Restoration» (the link here is a fascinating paper on reforestation trends by Dr. Ausubel and David G. Victor, who is now at Stanford) has just as much potential to spread in the tropics as it did in temperate zones in the 20th century. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
  • Health officials today reiterated that the novel H1N1 virus continues to spread rapidly around temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, hospitalizing and killing an unusual number of children, young adults, and pregnant women. (sciencemag.org)
  • How will we feel about those tropical diseases if global warming enables their vectors to spread into temperate zones? (discovermagazine.com)
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