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The Hottest Surface Temperature on Earth Is Not Actually in Death Valley – ScienceAlert
Death Valley in California is often said to be the hottest place on Earth, holding a blistering record of 56.7 degrees Celsius (or 134.1 degrees Fahrenheit) – but…
Death Valley in California is often said to be the hottest place on Earth, holding a blistering record of 56.7 degrees Celsius (or 134.1 degrees Fahrenheit) – but that’s just the warmth of the air.
New research on Earth’s most extreme surface temperatures has found it is much worse to set foot in Iran’s Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut) and North America’s Sonoran Desert.
According to high-resolution satellite data from the last two decades, the land in these two regions can sometimes heat up to an astonishing…
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