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Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Warn Hikers of Extreme Temperatures as Hiker Dies in 114ºF Heat

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On June 24 at approximately 5:36 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting a fatality approximately half a mile above the Tip Off resthouse on the South Kaibab Trail. CPR was initiated and National Park Service personnel responded from the South Rim via helicopter. The victim, Catherine Houe, 49, of Daly City, California was hiking into […]

SnowBrains | June 29, 2020
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NOAA: 2016’s Extreme Record Arctic Heat would have been Virtually Impossible without Global Warming

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Author: Rebecca Lindsey In the fall of 2016, the Arctic experienced heat that was so extreme that one expert called it a black swan event. That warmth helped set a new annual temperature record that was double the magnitude of the record set the year before. New NOAA-led research confirms that the event could not have happened without human-caused global […]

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WeatherBrains | May 11, 2018
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