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‘Historic’ Heat Wave Shatters Record Highs Across the U.S. West Coast, and Temperatures Are Still Rising
Record-breaking temperatures are scorching the U.S. West Coast amid what the U.S. National Weather Service is calling a “historic and unprecedented heat wave” — and the summer sizzle hasn’t even reached its peak yet, AccuWeather reports.
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Record Heat Worsens California’s Already Punishing Drought
Summer has begun with a sizzle in California and the rest of the U.S. West. Large swaths of the state are baking under a heat wave, including areas in the Central Valley where the National Weather Service is warning there’s “little to no relief” from the brutal temperatures on Thursday. That will only reinforce the…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Shows Us What Cloudy and Colourful Days on Mars Look Like
Clouds are rare on Mars and usually only pop up at the coldest time of the year near the planet’s equator. One Martian year ago though, NASA noticed some clouds forming in the sky above its veteran Curiosity rover and became determined to document them the following year. In recent months, Curiosity got to work,…
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A Giant Sequoia Is Still Burning From Last Summer’s California Wildfires
In some parts of California, the fires from last year never stopped. The U.S. National Park Service said this week it found a giant sequoia tree still burning from last year’s wildfire season, which was the worst on record in the state.