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Visualizing heat inequality

Plus: A Rio Grande streamflow mystery

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Aug 26, 2022
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Trying to predict what the weather is going to do in the Southwest is getting more and more difficult. Just look at the drought/flood combo that is walloping the region as we speak. But one forecast is reliable: It’s getting hotter, everywhere, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

The contiguous U.S., for example, just sweated through …

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