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It Wasn’t Just You. July Was America’s Hottest Month Ever.

I knew it was hot last month, but not like entire-country-broke-records-for-unprecedented-dangerous-climate-patterns-hot! Wildfires consumed 2 million acres of land, mass fish deaths occurred in the ongoing drought, and there are still people who feel the science here is unsettled.

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And just in case it wasn’t clear enough before, another map of how America as a whole hit its record warmest month ever:

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