Falling somewhere in a category between Einstein's theory and sand fleas -- difficult to see but undeniably there, nevertheless -- is the tropical green `` city '' of Islandia, a string of offshore islands that has almost no residents, limited access and an unlimited future.

This delightful tropical fruit has become well-known in the past thirty years because modern transportation methods have made it possible to ship avocados anywhere in the United States.

This has enabled the detailed reconstruction of the ecosystem of a long-vanished tropical forest.

The tropical zodiac has no connection to the stars and avoids the issue with precession moving the constellations as long as they make no reference to the constellations themselves being in the associated zodiacal sign.

Among tropical nations, Brazil probably has the world's best monitoring of deforestation activity.

Burkina Faso has a primarily tropical climate with two very distinct seasons.

Burundi in general has a tropical highland climate, with a considerable daily temperature range in many areas.

The low South Cameroon Plateau, rising from the coastal plain and dominated by tropical rain forest, has an average elevation of.

This area of tropical forest has been categorised by the World Wildlife Fund as the Cameroonian Highlands forests ecoregion with Mount Cameroon considered separately because as an active volcano it has a distinct environment from the other mountains.

Clipperton Island has a tropical oceanic climate, with average temperatures of.

The country has a tropical and subtropical climate and is part of the Neotropic ecozone.

Costa Rica has two seasons, both of which have their own agricultural resources: the tropical wet and dry seasons.

The most commonly used form of the Köppen classification has five primary types labeled A through E. These primary types are A, tropical ; B, dry ; C, mild mid-latitude ; D, cold mid-latitude ; and E, polar.

The cane toad has a high tolerance to water loss — one study showed some can withstand a 52. 6 % loss of body water, allowing them to survive outside tropical environments.

The vast, low-lying central area is a basin-shaped plateau sloping toward the west, covered by tropical rainforest and criss-crossed by rivers, a large area of this has been categorised by the World Wildlife Fund as the Central Congolian lowland forests ecoregion.

Dominica has a tropical wet climate with characteristically warm temperatures and heavy rainfall.

Reducing emissions from the tropical deforestation and forest degradation ( REDD ) in developing countries has emerged as new potential to complement ongoing climate policies.

Since the tropical rainforests are the most diverse ecosystems on Earth and about 80 % of the world's known biodiversity could be found in tropical rainforests, removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity.

It has been estimated that about half of the Earth's mature tropical forests — between 7. 5 million and 8 million km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 2. 9 million to 3 million sq mi ) of the original 15 million to 16 million km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 5. 8 million to 6. 2 million sq mi ) that until 1947 covered the planet — have now been destroyed.

The region, like the rest of the Top End, has a tropical climate, with a wet and a dry season.

The real change in the past two years has been a new interest and emphasis on the use of IRS in general — with DDT or any other insecticide — as an effective malaria prevention strategy in tropical Africa.

In addition, overwash by tsunamis and tropical storms has corrupted lenses in the Maldives and several Pacific islands.

Berlin has a humid continental climate according to the Köppen climate classification system.

Bursa has a borderline Mediterranean / humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification: Csa / Cfa ).

Bursa has hot, humid summers that last from June until September.

Interior portions of Connecticut have a humid continental climate, while the Connecticut shoreline ( the state's southern four counties ) has a borderline humid subtropical climate ( sometimes statistically meeting this climate's criteria, sometimes not ) with seasonal extremes tempered by proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.

Hartford ( 35 miles inland ) has a humid continental climate.

Florence has a borderline humid subtropical ( Cfa ) and Mediterranean climate ( Csa ).

It has hot, humid summers with moderate rainfall and cool, damp winters.

Gosford has a humid subtropical climate, with warm summers and mild winters.

Carbon ink has a tendency to smudge in humid environments and can be washed off a surface.

Central Japan in its elevated position, has hot, humid summers and moderate to short winters with some areas having very heavy snow, and southwestern Japan has long, hot, humid summers and mild winters.

Kagoshima has a humid subtropical climate, marked by cool, relatively dry winters, warm, wet springs, hot, wet summers and mild, wet falls.

Louisiana has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ), perhaps the most " classic " example of a humid subtropical climate of all the Southcentral states, with long, hot, humid summers and short, mild winters.

Lansing has a typically Midwestern humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ) that is influenced by the Great Lakes.

Missouri generally has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa ) with cold winters and hot and humid summers.

The south, central, and northeast parts of the state have a humid mesothermal climate, while the northwest has a humid continental climate ( microthermal ), with slightly cooler temperatures due to higher elevation.

Northern Labrador is classified as a polar tundra climate, southern Labrador has a subarctic climate while most of Newfoundland would be humid continental climate, Dfb: Cool summer subtype.

Devoted to the improvement in business climate and increase in industrial construction in Rhode Island, it has proved a valuable mailing piece for this Division.

In a climate hostile to agriculture, Mr. Clark has had to keep alert to the most productive farm techniques.

The climate and the events of the last decade, and the steady pressure of the `` cold '' war, have given Americans yet another means of avoiding self-examination, and so it has been decided that the riots were `` Communist '' inspired.

And the election of President Kennedy has attracted new attention to the ethical climate of his home state.

A number of causes are believed to be involved, including habitat destruction and modification, over-exploitation, pollution, introduced species, climate change, endocrine-disrupting pollutants, destruction of the ozone layer ( ultraviolet radiation has shown to be especially damaging to the skin, eyes, and eggs of amphibians ), and diseases like chytridiomycosis.

Located on the west coast of Anatolia, the Aegean region has a fertile soil and a typically Mediterranean climate ; with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.

Anatolia's diverse topography and climate has fostered a similar diversity of plant and animal communities.

The central and eastern plateau, with its drier continental climate, has deciduous forests and forest steppes.

This has been attributed to climate change — the camouflage value of its lighter coat decreases with less snow cover.

The shelter provided by these two mountainous ridges has produced a " micro climate " which provides relatively mild temperatures for the region and, coupled with the fertile glacial sedimentary soils on the valley floor, the region is conducive to growing vegetable and fruit crops.

It has also been speculated that this yield reduction will only worsen with the dramatic climate changes expected in the future.

She has expressed a variety of views on climate change but has been opposed to legislation reducing emissions.

Ajmer has a hot semi-arid climate with over 55 centimetres ( 25. 4 in ) of rain every year but most of the rain occurs in the Monsoon months, between June and September.

Afyonkarahisar has a mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa ) and semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification BSk ), with cold and snowy winters and hot and dry summers.

The dominant mechanisms ( to which recent climate change has been attributed ) are anthropogenic, i. e., the result of human activity.

Its climate encourages outdoor recreation and tourism, though its economic mainstay has long been resource extraction, principally logging and mining.

As a result of Kuroshio Current ( also known as the Japan Current ), which crosses the North Pacific Ocean, coastal British Columbia has a mild, rainy oceanic climate.

Due to the blocking presence of successive mountain ranges, the Interior of the province has a semi-arid climate with certain locations receiving less than 250 mm ( 10 ") in annual precipitation.