Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward the pole (either north or south).
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- adjective Towards the
pole of a planet - adverb Towards the pole of a planet
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Examples
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Paper Title: Rapid poleward range expansion of tropical reef corals in response to rising sea surface temperatures
David Kroodsma: Weekly Climate Science Roundup David Kroodsma 2011
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This study is the first to show that reefs are already moving poleward because of warming temperatures.
David Kroodsma: Weekly Climate Science Roundup David Kroodsma 2011
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Also published last week were articles about Arctic permafrost, tropical cyclones, extinction rates, the climatic history of the Pacific Northwest, and the poleward expansion of coral reefs.
David Kroodsma: Weekly Climate Science Roundup David Kroodsma 2011
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Paper Title: Rapid poleward range expansion of tropical reef corals in response to rising sea surface temperatures
David Kroodsma: Weekly Climate Science Roundup David Kroodsma 2011
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This study is the first to show that reefs are already moving poleward because of warming temperatures.
David Kroodsma: Weekly Climate Science Roundup David Kroodsma 2011
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Also published last week were articles about Arctic permafrost, tropical cyclones, extinction rates, the climatic history of the Pacific Northwest, and the poleward expansion of coral reefs.
David Kroodsma: Weekly Climate Science Roundup David Kroodsma 2011
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This led to a specific set of requirements for night time winter performance at 60 deg latitude ... by the time the landing site process showed that there were few sites poleward of 30 degrees of interest to the science community, it was too late to reexamine and perhaps find cost savings in the design of hardware that no longer needed to operate at the extremely low temperatures
MSL Cost Overruns: More Smoke and Mirrors from NASA - NASA Watch 2008
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On the other hand, the westward shift of the two upper-level features projected over the next several days effectively moves the poleward (northward) flow on the western periphery of the Atlantic high pressure area closer to home, and coarsely outlines a path for a landfall from the Caribbean though the Gulf of Mexico.
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It is likely that the distributions of many species would shift poleward and that there would be significant changes in the arctic ecosystem.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009
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Steppes on the poleward fringes of the tropical deserts grade into the Mediterranean climate in many places.
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