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Electric car sets world acceleration record
2016-06-23 13:15:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An electric racing car built by Swiss student engineers has broken the world record for acceleration by battery-powered vehicles.
Wildfires erupt as record heat bakes the Southwest
2016-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: A heat dome comprised of an intense, sprawling area of high pressure sat on top of the Southwest for a third straight day. Although it shows some signs of weakening, the heat dome may intensify again by early next week, raising the possibility of a prolonged hot and dry weather pattern in an already parched region. Firefighters are making some headway in containing fires across the Southwest, though exceedingly hot temperatures in the region aren't helping. Crews have made progress containing...
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Record Heat in Southwestern U.S. Fuels Fires, Kills At Least 4
2016-06-22 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Now: In the Southwestern United States, record-setting heat has killed at least four people and fueled more than a dozen wildfires. In Los Angeles, thousands lost power Monday as air conditioners overwhelmed the power grid. Outside the city, two massive wildfires blazed through at least 4,500 acres in the San Gabriel Mountains, forcing at least 750 people to evacuate. It was 118 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, a daily record. Last month was the hottest May ever recorded, the 13th straight...
Global coral bleaching continues for a record third year
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Bad coral reef news seems to be never-ending these days. Case in point: on Monday, scientists announced that the world is in for an unprecedented third year of coral bleaching across the globe. The announcement comes courtesy of NOAA Coral Reef Watch, which keeps an eye on a number of climate factors that can stress reefs out. That includes rising ocean temperatures, which have absolutely pummeled reefs in recent years and will only ratchet up the pressure as the globe continues to warm. A...
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122 degrees: Palm Springs breaks record and could get hotter
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Every so often someone walks into the Palm Springs Visitors Center raring to burn through hiking trails like they're British adventurer and TV personality Bear Grylls. For those people, Ceej Juarez, who provides information about hiking trails in the Agua Caliente Indian reservation, has to be a voice of reason. And that is never as important a job as it was on Monday, when a torrid heat wave sent temperatures to 122 degrees in the resort city by early afternoon. The temperature broke the former...
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