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American cities are getting unbearably hot. These ones are roasting the most. (CNN with heat island commentary)

By Bruce Melton PEExtreme Weather, Heat, Impacts, Myths, Temperature

KXAN Pavement Temperature 162 F August 19, 2024, high temperature for the year. American cities are getting unbearably hot. These ones are roasting the most First published at CNN by Amy O’Kruk and Angela Dewan, August 13, 2024 (Editor’s note: Caution when viewing unbelievable statistics. Check their work! This article states that the heat island…

September 12, 2024

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Remember, average global warming over land is double the global average because of the cooling influence of our oceans and ice sheets, or 3.56 degrees C in December (6.4 F). and the average over the arctic is four times the global average or 7.12 C (12.8 F). Importantly, the increase in extreme temperature is far greater than the average, and extreme weather increases nonlinearly because of the basics of heat and energy physics, where a little warming does not create a little more extremeness in the weather, it creates a lot more.

American cities are getting unbearably hot. These ones are roasting the most. (CNN with heat island commentary)

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