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Tropic of Cancer (novel)
Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's 1934 semi-autobiographical Paris novel published by Obelisk Press with an Anaïs Nin preface, was banned in the US for 27 years until Grove Press's 1961 edition and the 1964 Supreme Court ruling in Grove Press v. Gerstein.
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn: parallel at 23°26′S, southern boundary of the tropics and southernmost latitude where the Sun can be overhead. Crosses 10 countries, including Australia, Brazil, and South Africa, and the Atacama, Namib, and Kalahari deserts.
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder is a 2008 American action comedy directed and co-written by Ben Stiller, starring Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. as actors lost in a real jungle war.
Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum
Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum (熱帯・亜熱帯都市緑化植物園), a free-admission botanical garden in Ocean Expo Park, Motobu, Okinawa, opened October 1990; about 6.8 ha with over 400 subtropical urban-greening species in eight sample zones.
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, a WWF terrestrial biome of high-elevation pine and pine-oak forests, mainly in North and Central America, with about 9.8 million hectares of strictly tropical conifer forest, fire-driven regeneration, and the Central American pine-oak forests as its largest ecoregion.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, or tropical rainforests and moist forests, are frost-free evergreen broadleaf biomes needing roughly 2000+ mm annual rain. They hold 247 Gt C, over half of Earth's species, and 1071 Mha remain amid record 2024 loss.
Tropical aquarium (France)
Aquarium tropical de la Porte Dorée, Paris public aquarium created for the 1931 Colonial Exposition in Albert Laprade's Palais; about 4,400 animals of 350 species in 84 tanks, with crocodile pit heritage and conservation programs.
Tropical aquarium (Germany)
Tropen-Aquarium Hagenbeck (Tropical Aquarium), Hamburg public aquarium opened 7 May 2007 beside Tierpark Hagenbeck; 8,000 m², 2 million L salt water, 1.8-million-liter shark atoll; distinct from Cologne pet shop and other German Tropenaquariums.
Tropical Aviary
Tropical Aviary (צפרייה טרופית) is the walk-through rainforest bird and animal exhibit at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, with humid air, water misting, mangrove marshes, crowned pigeons, tegus, and the golden-handed tamarin; the name also covers similar exhibits at San Francisco, Fresno, and other zoos.
Tropical Butterfly House (Spain)
Tropical Butterfly House (Mariposario Tropical), a small butterfly zoo exhibit in Granada's Parque de las Ciencias science museum, Andalusia, Spain, supplied with pupae from Tenerife's CEN butterfly farm.
Tropical climate
A tropical climate is a continually hot climate of equatorial and tropical regions with considerable precipitation, forming Köppen group A with all months above 18 °C.
Tropical cyclogenesis
Tropical cyclogenesis is the process by which a tropical cyclone forms, typically progressing from a tropical disturbance through depression and storm stages to a full cyclone.
Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a warm-core, rotating low-pressure storm that forms over warm tropical or subtropical waters, called a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone depending on the region.
Tropical cyclone heat potential
Tropical cyclone heat potential (TCHP) is an ocean measure of the heat available to a tropical cyclone, integrated from the surface to the 26 °C isotherm.
Tropical cyclone naming
Tropical cyclone naming is the practice of assigning short, distinctive names to tropical storms so warnings are unambiguous, with names retired after deadly or costly storms.
Tropical cyclone observation
Tropical cyclone observation is the measurement of a cyclone's position, intensity, size, and structure using aircraft reconnaissance, satellites, radar, buoys, and ships, so forecasters can analyze storms and verify forecast models.
Tropical cyclone preparedness
Tropical cyclone preparedness, or hurricane preparedness, covers the household planning, warning systems, evacuation, and structural mitigation used to reduce deaths, injuries, and property damage from tropical cyclones.
Tropical cyclone warnings and watches
Tropical cyclone warnings and watches are official alerts issued when a tropical cyclone threatens a coast, with a watch meaning possible conditions and a warning expected ones.
Tropical cyclone watch and warning
A tropical cyclone watch or warning is an official announcement that hazardous wind or storm surge conditions are possible (watch) or expected (warning) in a coastal area.
Tropical cyclones in 2022
Tropical cyclones in 2022 produced 85 named storms worldwide, near average, under a rare third consecutive La Niña, with record-low strength and Hurricane Ian costing $113 billion.
Tropical cyclones in 2024
Tropical cyclones in 2024 produced a near-average 85 named storms worldwide but about 21% below-average energy, with an above-normal Atlantic season and Typhoon Yagi killing roughly 850 people.
Tropical cyclones in 2026
Tropical cyclones in 2026 formed worldwide under a strong El Niño, which drove record eastern Pacific activity while the Atlantic stayed quiet until Hurricane Isaias formed in October.
Tropical depression
A tropical depression is the weakest classified stage of a tropical cyclone, with sustained winds of 33 knots (38 mph) or less and a closed circulation.
Tropical disease
Tropical disease: infectious diseases concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions, centered on WHO's 20 neglected tropical diseases and dengue; over 1 billion affected, discipline founded 1899 by Patrick Manson, burden declining but climate change expanding ranges.
Tropical disturbance
A tropical disturbance is an organized cluster of tropical thunderstorms, generally 200 to 600 km wide, and the first stage in the development of a tropical cyclone.
Tropical Dream Center
Tropical Dream Center (熱帯ドリームセンター), a 6-hectare botanical garden in Ocean Expo Park, Motobu, Okinawa, opened 1986; five greenhouses with over 2,000 orchids year-round, baobabs first flowered in Japan, 36 m tower.
Tropical easterly jet
The tropical easterly jet is a band of strong east-to-west winds in the upper troposphere near 15°N, a semi-permanent feature of the summer monsoon whose position shapes monsoon rainfall.
Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis
Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (Davies disease, EMF) is a restrictive cardiomyopathy of children and young adults in tropical Africa, Asia, and South America, causing ventricular endocardial fibrosis, valve regurgitation, and heart failure of unknown cause.
Tropical Flower and Plants Garden
Tropical Flower and Plants Garden (西双版纳热带花卉园) is a 4A-level tropical crop germplasm and flower park in Jinghong, Yunnan, opened in 1999 by the Yunnan Tropical Crops Research Institute, holding about 1,000 species across 25 scenic spots.
Tropical forest
Tropical forest: forests between roughly 30°N and 30°S, also called tropical rainforest or jungle; 45% of world forest area, ~80% of land species, over 90% of global deforestation, major carbon sinks under threat.