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Media cite UMaine Climate Reanalyzer data in report on record heats in Death Valley

The Associated Press and PBS NewsHour cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in a report about record high temperatures in California’s Death Valley. The Seattle Times, Spectrum News NY 1, The Independent Tribune(Concord, North Carolina), The Daily Courier(Prescott, Arizona) and other outlets shared the AP report.

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