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by bcrosby95 767 days ago
Record breaking heat last summer killed off a lot of cactus in Arizona.
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throw0101d 767 days ago
Too hot for some planes to fly:

* https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/20/533662790...

* https://www.azfamily.com/2023/07/20/how-extreme-heat-can-imp...

Air is no longer dense enough:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density_altitude

* https://skybrary.aero/articles/density-altitude

* PDF: https://www.faasafety.gov/files/events/NM/NM07/2023/NM071202...

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