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Home » Heat wave

Heat wave

Cracked mud stretches across sections of Panamint Valley.
Posted inScience

Death Valley announces its hottest summer on record

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson September 6, 2024September 6, 2024

Death Valley National Park is world-famous for scorching summer temperatures, but this year took the prize. With an average temperature of 104.5° Fahrenheit, this summer beat the previous record of 104.2° set in the summers of 2021 and 2018, according to the National Park Service.  July was the highlight of summer, as the park logged […]

A stone traces a path across the dry lake bed of the Racetrack. This rare phenomenon of moving stones was recently documented when scientists documented breaking rafts of thin ice pushing stones as ice melted after winter rains.
Posted inPolice & Fire

Heat-related fatalities across Western parks After record summer temps

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson July 17, 2024August 1, 2024

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