Death Valley No Longer Hottest Spot on Earth, And Arctic Sea Ice Thinning ‘Twice As Fast As Previously Thought’ — Duh!
(Illustration: Section of the Dash-E Lut desert, located in Iran. Image found here). Once considerd for a long time the hottest spot on earth, California’s own Death Valley, has now lost the hot seat to two other sites across the globe, according to a new study — Iran’s Lut Desert (pictured above), and the Sonoran…