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suitable for living in
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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Recent Examples of habitable
There are three primary reasons for the potential end of eligibility:
An inspection indicated their home is now habitable.
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Wlos Staff, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
And these earliest potentially habitable environments would have been shielded from radiation by a strong planetary magnetic field, which Mars lacks today, Horgan added.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
In response, a network of organizations called the Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership began paying rice farmers to make paddies more habitable for birds.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
Officials faced multiple challenges in ensuring the areas are safe and habitable.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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Wlos Staff, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
And these earliest potentially habitable environments would have been shielded from radiation by a strong planetary magnetic field, which Mars lacks today, Horgan added.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
In response, a network of organizations called the Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership began paying rice farmers to make paddies more habitable for birds.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
Officials faced multiple challenges in ensuring the areas are safe and habitable.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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