The hottest air temperature ever recorded in Death Valley (Furnace Creek) was 134°F (57°C) on July 10, 1913. During the heat wave that peaked with that record, five consecutive days reached 129° F (54°C) or above.
I think the dinosaur moment would be more of a global phenomenon, e.g., rising ocean temperature. My understanding is that Death Valley is obscenely hot with or without humans. The rising ocean temperature and melting ice caps, on the other hand…🦖🌎💥
Yeah, global warming was kind of a bad name for it. Because yes, it will get warmer globally on average, but also colder, drier and wetter at certain places. Northern Europe might get a lot colder when the Gulf Stream is gone for example.
The term “global warming” first appeared in print in a scientific journal article authored by an American geochemist in 1975. I think the mistake isn’t the naming, as it’s an accurate name that succinctly describes the issue. I think the mistake was not realizing how profoundly science illiterate the American public was at the time and still continues to be.
Not really though — from NPS:
I think the dinosaur moment would be more of a global phenomenon, e.g., rising ocean temperature. My understanding is that Death Valley is obscenely hot with or without humans. The rising ocean temperature and melting ice caps, on the other hand…🦖🌎💥
There’s doubt about that 1913 temperature being reliable. More likely the 130°F in July 2021 is the actual record.
Also, what’s remarkable is not the record high temperature, but the fact that these temperatures are consistently returning each year.
Not even Death Valley is spared by global warming.
Yeah, global warming was kind of a bad name for it. Because yes, it will get warmer globally on average, but also colder, drier and wetter at certain places. Northern Europe might get a lot colder when the Gulf Stream is gone for example.
The term “global warming” first appeared in print in a scientific journal article authored by an American geochemist in 1975. I think the mistake isn’t the naming, as it’s an accurate name that succinctly describes the issue. I think the mistake was not realizing how profoundly science illiterate the American public was at the time and still continues to be.
That 1913 number has been looked on dubiously for over a century. The current numbers are not.