Iranian desert turns out to be the hottest place on Earth
California Death Valley has lost its status as the hottest place on Earth. Scientists have found that the temperature rises even higher in the Iranian Lut Desert and the North American Sonoran Desert, according to The Daily Mail.
The record for Death Valley is 56.7 degrees Celsius. In the aforementioned deserts, the surface temperature can reach 80.8 degrees, while the heat in the desert is more stable.
The study authors analyzed satellite data from the United States Geological Survey, examining global surface temperatures over the past two decades (2002-2019). They noted that the Lut Desert has become the hottest place due to its location. It is located between mountains, and hot air is easily trapped in its territory.
The Sonoran Desert, which borders the United States and Mexico, can also reach extremely high temperatures, albeit less frequently than the Lut Desert. Scientists have also identified the coldest place on Earth. Antarctica, predictably, turned out to be. There temperatures regularly reach -100.9 – about 20 degrees lower than the 2011 study showed.
Earlier it was reported that Antarctica is once again becoming a green continent. New ecosystems are emerging in it.
