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Coyote fails to learn lesson, becomes fatal victim in Death Valley

A coyote that learned to beg for food along a road in Death Valley failed to learn a lesson the National Park Service was trying to teach it.

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Extreme heat represents a new threat to trees and plants in the Pacific Northwest

In summer of 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees as well as people

The Independent UK

Death Valley tourist swerves to avoid tarantula in road and causes car crash

A man on a motorcycle was injured when the camper van braked suddenly to go around the roaming arachnid

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A stunning — but fleeting — lake has formed in California's Death Valley

When the driest place in North America and one of the hottest places on Earth becomes a desert oasis complete with a lake, it's impossible not to take note.

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‘X is a mishmash of hell’: Twitter star Melissa Broder on grief, ‘the musking’ and her new novel Death Valley

She rose to fame posting forlornly as @SoSadToday. Can her latest novel – inspired by the death of her father, who returns inside a cactus – really be wackier than her merman love story The Pisces? And why does she now prefer Reddit to X?

The Guardian - UK

Tarantula crossing the road blamed for crash that sent Death Valley motorcyclist to hospital

"The spider walked away unscathed," the National Park Service wrote in a statement

Evening Standard

Tarantula causes motorcycle crash in Death Valley

‘Our roads still have gravel patches due to flood damage, and wildlife of all sizes are out,’ warns National Parks Service

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Death Valley visitors delight in rare ephemeral lakes left behind by storm

Shimmering bodies of water have appeared in the dunes of the recently reopened national park after a summer deluge

The Guardian - US

Tropical Storm Harold live updates: Cyclone begins landfall in Texas as California reels from Hilary

Follow live as Tropical Storm Harold tracks towards southern Texas

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Hilary – live: Death Valley gets one year’s rain in a day as new flood warnings issued

Hilary, now downgraded to a post-tropical storm, marches northward, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states

The Independent UK

Hurricane Hilary could create new lake in world’s hottest place as it bears down on California

Earlier this year, temperatures at Death Valley National Park neared 130 degrees

The Independent UK

Car stuck in Death Valley salt flat for three weeks after driver follows GPS off-road

Two men were issued a mandatory court appearance

Advnture

‘Like an oven’: heat and tourism create headache for US park rangers

The Guardian - US

Weather tracker: Extreme heat grips Death Valley in California

Hiker dies as US national park exceeds 50C, while heatwave in southern Europe is expected to ease

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The Independent UK

Southern California hiker, 71, dies after trek in blistering Death Valley heat

A Southern California outdoor enthusiast has died after collapsing in Death Valley following a hike amid blistering heat

The Conversation

How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning

Temperatures around the world are soaring. Both California’s Death Valley and China’s Xinjiang region have seen temperatures climb above the 50℃ mark. A blistering heatwave is also sweeping across the Mediterranean, causing temperatures in parts of Italy, Spain, France and Greece to exceed 40℃.

The Guardian - US

Man dies in Death Valley as California national park swelters in extreme heat

High temperature ‘may have been a factor’ in death of 71-year-old Steve Curry in Golden Canyon area, park officials say

Los Angeles Times

Scorching days, searing nights: Not even Death Valley is immune to climate change

It was 10 p.m. and 116 degrees as a brutal wind whipped through the darkness.

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Los Angeles Times

Surviving Death Valley at 128 degrees 'like a blow-dryer in my face'

An unfathomable heat descended here on Monday, the hottest place in a rapidly warming world. At the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, a digital thermometer read 123 degrees and counting — within striking distance of the hottest temperature ever recorded on planet Earth.

Evening Standard

Hollywood actors’ strike action in Los Angeles affected by ‘extreme heat’

US west coast experiencing sweltering temperatures with Death Valley approaching a record

Fortune

Death Valley is a hot spot—for tourists and temperatures

Thrill-seekers hope to be there when new global highs are set.

The Independent UK

California's Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continues

Death Valley is putting a sizzling exclamation point on a record warm summer across the globe as it flirts with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded

Los Angeles Times

5 wild burros shot and killed in Death Valley National Park

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are investigating the killing of five wild burros who were found shot to death near life-giving springs on the western edge of Death Valley National Park, where 20-mule teams once pulled wagons of borax.

Los Angeles Times

Death Valley could see 129-degree high, with low over 100, as California roasts

The heat dome parked over Southern California is expected to spin thermometers to nearly 130 degrees this weekend in Death Valley — where even overnight lows could exceed 100.

The Guardian - US

Death Valley threatens temperature records but tourists keep coming

Notoriously hot California national park could surpass modern record of 130F amid unrelenting heatwave

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