What the snowy winter gives, the heat takes away

Aridification Watch returns

A retardant drop on the York Fire in the Mojave Desert. National Park Service photo.

Aridification Watch

Now that July is over, the official meteorological diagnosis of the month is in: It was friggin’ hot! On a global level, it was the hottest month on record, maybe even the hottest in the last 120,000 years. The figures for the West aren’t in yet, but …