Centralia soil temperature (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Centralia soil temperature

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MSU researchers also recorded soil temperature at sampling sites in their study of microbial communities near the Centralia mine fire. The temperature at this site reads 43.3 degrees Celsius, or nearly 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Samuel Barnett

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