Death Valley Is A Place About Life (opens in new tab)

Lorraine Boissoneault | Xylom | 30th May 2026 | UAt Devils Hole in Death Valley National Park, extreme heat, chronic illness, and conservation crises collide.Death Valley, California, has the hottest recorded air temperature of any place on Earth; it reached 134 F (57 C) at Furnace Creek in 1913. In known history, it has twice gone an entire year without any rain; the average high temperature is above 100 F for five months of the year. Today a National Park, red signs at trailheads admonish v...