Climate change models suggest that bone-dry Death Valley could see more torrential rain in the future. Jakub Maculewicz Shutterstock.comCalifornia’s Death Valley isn’t a place typically known for its large bodies of water. The iconic desert, which runs along California’s eastern border with Nevada, is the home of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth: 134 degrees in 1913 in a place aptly named Furnace. Record rains have helped something interesting happen in Death Valley, though: Make a lake reappear. The New York Times had a story out Nov. 20 talking about how torrential rains in Death Valley—an unheard-of two inches in one day over the summer of 2023—helped a lake form in Badwater Basin.

Source: New York Times November 22, 2023 06:23 UTC