May 1, 2019 • Vol. 17, No. 24
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Report: Phoenix, Tucson among fastest-warming cities in nation since 1970 BY ANDREW HOWARD CRONKITE NEWS
Phoenix and Tucson were among 10 cities in the nation that saw their average daily temperatures – daytime and nighttime – rise more than 4 degrees since the first Earth Day in 1970, a new report says. The map pictured above is based on linear trends of average annual temperatures.
Graphic Source: NCEI Climate Central
WASHINGTON – Phoenix and Tucson were two of the fastest-warming cities in the nation over the last five decades, according to a Climate Central report based on government data. The report looked at climate change for cities and states since the first Earth Day in 1970 and found increases in 98% of cities across the country, with four of the top five cities in the Southwest. Tucson and Phoenix were among 10 cities that saw average annual temperatures rise more than 4 degrees over that time period, with Tucson’s increase
of 4.48 degrees the third-biggest and Phoenix’s 4.35-degree rise good for fourth place. Arizona State Climatologist Nancy Selover said the increase is even more striking at night, when she said temperatures have risen an average of 8 degrees. She and other experts attribute that in part to the fact that rapid urbanization of the desert cities has created “urban heat islands” that hold heat longer than they used to. “If you go out 11 o’clock at night in the late spring or into the summer for sure, you’ll walk
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Three bear cubs arrive at Southwest Wildlife, after their mother was killed by a car in Dudleyville BY TARA ALATORRE
SCOTTSDALE – Three bear cubs arrived at Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center on Monday, April 29, after they were rescued in Dudleyville by troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, officers from the Hayden Police Department, an officer from Arizona Game and Fish Department and a citizen. Sadly, the cubs’ mother was struck and killed by a car on State Route 77 when Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers from District Six arrived on the scene. Pictured: The bear cubs arriving at the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in North Scottsdale, where they will be rehabilitated. Photo courtesy of SWCC
Pictured: Two of the bear cubs in the back of an AZDPS Trooper's squad vehicle after being rescued near Dudleyville on April 29.
Photo courtesy of AZDPS
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