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The U.S. just had its hottest month in recorded history, surpassing Dust Bowl record
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The nation just experienced its hottest month in more than 130 years of analysis, which breaks a record that had stood since the infamous Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
(Image credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture via Wikimedia Commons)The Dust Bowl heat was real – and so is fossil-fuel-driven warmingThere’s no denying the scorching conditions of the 1930s Dust Bowl.
In fact, human influence played a vast part in the Dust Bowl itself.
The Dust Bowl intersected with the Great Depression to make the 1930s a period of profound misery for millions of Americans.
A 2022 study, “How the Great Plains Dust Bowl drought spread heat extremes around the Northern Hemisphere,” showed how the Dust Bowl’s physical influence extended well beyond U.S. borders.