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Upside of heat wave: Smog levels are lower
2013-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: It may seem like a small comfort after seven consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures, but residents of the Sacramento region are breathing easier this summer than they did during California's last major heat wave. A combination of preferable weather conditions and federal, state and local efforts to reduce ozone emissions have paid off for people who care about their respiratory systems. Ten years ago, during a similar week of blazing temperatures, "our air quality would have been a lot...
What's Behind the Heat Wave: Climate Change or Weather?
2013-07-01 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The American Southwest is broiling in triple-digit temperatures for the fourth consecutive day as a result of a record-breaking heat wave that is smothering the region. In Death Valley, California, the temperature reached 128° Fahrenheit (53° Celsius) on Sundayjust a few degrees shy of the July 10, 1913, record of 134° Fahrenheit (57° Celsius). The heat wave has also been partly blamed for a wildfire that killed 19 firefighters on Sunday in Yarnell Hill, Arizona. So what's behind the heat...
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Southland's heat wave just getting started
2013-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The first day of a heat wave produced extreme temperatures Friday across Southern California, but forecasters say the real broiling will come this weekend. Heat records in Palmdale and Lancaster, which stand at 113 and 114 degrees, respectively, could be broken, National Weather Service specialist Stuart Seto said. The last significant heat wave to hit Southern California was five years ago, Seto said. The 2009 heat wave baked the region for about two weeks. In Los Angeles, the hot weather...
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Dangerous heat wave forecast for Arizona, California deserts
2013-06-27 03:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A potentially deadly heat wave is expected to bear down on some Arizona and California desert areas in the next few days, forecasters said on Wednesday. The mercury is predicted to soar well past 110 degrees Fahrenheit and perhaps top 120F (40s and 50s degrees Celsius) starting on Friday in the deserts of southeast California and southern Arizona, Weather.com and the National Weather Service said. Forecasters said highs could top 118F (48C) in Phoenix on Saturday, potentially setting a new...
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Heat Wave May Threaten Worlds Hottest Temp. Record
2013-06-26 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A brutal and potentially historic heat wave is in store for the West as parts of Nevada, Arizona and California may get dangerously hot temperatures this weekend and into next week. In fact, by the end of the heat wave, we may see a record tied or broken for the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth. The furnace-like heat is coming courtesy of a "stuck' weather pattern that is setting up across the U.S. and Canada. By early next week, the jet stream -- a fast-moving river of air at airliner...
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