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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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At 118, Phoenix heat breaks record for June 19

2016-06-20 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Phoenix has broken a hot-weather record set nearly 50 years ago on this date, hitting 118 degrees amid a heat wave boiling parts of the Southwest. The National Weather Service says the high temperature surpassed the record for June 19 just before 1 p.m. Plus, meteorologist Mark O'Malley says there are still a few more hours to go before the temperature reaches its peak. Forecasters say some areas could see a high of up to 120. The previous record was 115 back in 1968. A strengthening ridge...

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Obama breaks from Yosemite family trip to urge Americans to stop climate change

2016-06-18 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Fox: President Obama on Saturday broke from his family vacation in Yosemite National Park to urge Americans to act on climate change, which he argued is destroying the countrys precious natural resources. Make no mistake, climate change is no longer a threat, its a reality, the president said in a roughly 10-minute speech, ahead of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the National Parks system. Obama said Yosemite rangers told him that signs of climate change, or global warming, are already occurring...

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