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  "id": 12080,
  "url": "https://theconversation.com/how-hot-does-it-get-in-the-desert-a-climate-scientist-explains-its-blazing-heat-284498",
  "title": "How hot does it get in the desert? A climate scientist explains its blazing heat",
  "summary": "Death Valley set a record when the temperature reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit. Here’s why deserts can reach such scorching temperatures – and also very cold ones.",
  "authors": "Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-20T12:25:57.000Z",
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  "source_name": "The Conversation Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com/us/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12080",
  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/how-hot-does-it-get-in-the-desert-a-climate-scientist-explains-its-blazing-heat-284498",
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