Record heat sets the tone for year's searing headlines
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 16:31
in Earth & Climate
When a devastating heat wave hit India this year, it killed more than 2,500 people and melted the pavement of New Delhi's streets. In California, where an ordinary year sees mountain snow pile 6-feet (1.83-meters) deep or more—supplying much drinking water—surveyors had nothing to measure in some spots but bare grass.