Baldwin quoted in LA Times article on extreme heat

AirUCI faculty Jane Baldwin is quoted in a September 5th Los Angeles Times article on record high temperatures and across the west.  Temperatures as high as 124 degrees in some areas and more than 100 consecutive days of 100 degree heat in Phoenix have made this the hottest summer on record in several states.  While California’s climate has always had year-to-year and month-to-month variability, the heat the state has experienced recently is consistent with climate change.  “These are levels of heat that are extreme and are what we generally expect to see more of as the climate system warms,” Jane said, adding that more analysis is needed to determine whether this is going to be the new normal for California.  Read the article