Risky Climate
Heatwaves, Fires, Storms: Blame Climate Change for Summer Misery
Weather extremes are intimately linked to even small increases in global average temperatures.
A bushfire seen from Bargo, Australia on December 19, 2019.
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It’s hot out. Cue the headlines showing yet another temperature record above the Arctic circle, fires deep in the Amazon, and more intense floods and droughts anywhere in between.
Also look for the self-described rational skeptics, the eco-pragmatists, and other hyphenated attention-seekers pointing out how, yes, it’s summer in the northern hemisphere, how it’s been hot in the past, and how we need to look at hardnosed statistics rather than headlines and emotions.