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Average Doesn’t Work in the Tropics

Climate Resilience Theory. Plank 1, Tropical Convection

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Jennifer Marohasy
Sep 07, 2026
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The tropics follow a middle line around the Earth, where the Sun beats down with incredible intensity often from a blue-blue sky. It is where I was born and grew-up, feeling the rising tension as the day warmed, and then there might be release often in the late afternoon with a violent thunderstorm.

It never snows in the tropics. But the top of the hot t…

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