When a heat wave roared the western United States this week, temperatures in the Death Valley in California would blow 130 degrees Fahrenheit, marking the hottest temperature measured anywhere on earth since 1931 and the third hottest day ever on our planet, period. But Earth has seen warmer days in …
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On Sunday, the thermometer at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek, in the deserts of Southern California, went to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. If checked, it would be the warmest temperature recorded in the US since 1913, and perhaps the warmest temperature ever reliable in the world. …
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Researchers monitoring nearly 100 men who tested positive for COVID-19 show that body temperature does not appear to be a reliable way to detect coronavirus infection. Of 84 men between the ages of 18 and 25 had only a few fevers, and even then the fever lasted only a very …
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While greenhouse gases are heating the Earth’s surface, they are also causing rapid cooling well above us, at the edge of space. In fact, the atmosphere greater than about 90 kilometers (56 miles) above Antarctica is cooling at a rate 10 times faster than the average warming on the planet’s …
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Forest fires in Russia have so far burned an area larger than the size of Greece, according to Greenpeace Russia. On Monday, the environmental organization criticized government officials for their inaction in the region amid record heat waves. Using satellite data, Greenpeace Russia reported that approximately 19 million hectares, approximately …
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