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A thermal column (or thermal) is a column of rising air in the lower altitues of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and an example of convection. The Sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above it.

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  • From the Greek for "heat", this type of water pollution kills fish when hot water is dumped into a lake
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes the heat on his inner forearm at Stanford University's Pain Management Center.) Types of pain studied here at Stanford's Human Pain Laboratory include chemical, electrical & this type produced by the application of heat
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands near an open flame & an infrared camera at the FDNY's Randall's Island Academy.) Reading infrared hot spots can differentiate heat sources to find hidden hot spots among smoke; the technology is called this type of imaging

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