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The article does touch on this, but the real issue is urbanization and heat islands which cause higher surface temperatures in cities.



In the Silicon Valley area, at least, existing suburban neighborhoods that were built without air conditioning (because it didn't get hot) are regularly reaching 100-105F in the summer. The change in temperature happened will after these areas were developed.

Also, forests that are away from urban areas are dying off because of high temperatures and low humidity. Heat islands are rounding error in most parts of California.




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