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... heat . Indeed , there is a theory that one of the causes of the great ice ages of the past has been excessive volcanic activity , that threw into the atmo- sphere such enormous amounts of dust as to cut off the solar heat , and so lower ...
... heat . Indeed , there is a theory that one of the causes of the great ice ages of the past has been excessive volcanic activity , that threw into the atmo- sphere such enormous amounts of dust as to cut off the solar heat , and so lower ...
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... heat of the sun from reaching the earth , but it also stops the heat from the earth being lost into space . Thus on cloudy days there is often little difference in temperature between day and night . In summer , cloudy days are cool ...
... heat of the sun from reaching the earth , but it also stops the heat from the earth being lost into space . Thus on cloudy days there is often little difference in temperature between day and night . In summer , cloudy days are cool ...
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... heat stroke , to which many of the deaths in American heat - waves are due , for the heat - waves of the United States are very different from the spells of hot weather that are dignified by that title in the daily Press of this country ...
... heat stroke , to which many of the deaths in American heat - waves are due , for the heat - waves of the United States are very different from the spells of hot weather that are dignified by that title in the daily Press of this country ...
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THE DROPS THAT WATER THE EARTH | 82 |
THE THUNDERSTORM | 109 |
WEATHER | 139 |
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