"Only if you close your eyes and cover your ears and avoid going outside is it possible to ignore the rapidly worsening climate crisis.
Massive wildfires are burning out of control, creating their own weather systems and sending smoke as far east as New York. The American West has already baked through four major heat waves this summer, with several states experiencing their hottest June on record. Europe and China are getting slammed by deadly floods, even as California and its neighbors ache for more water.
“The scenes of desperation and devastation in Zhengzhou added to a portfolio of disasters this year that have raised the specter of irreversible climate change as never before and offered glimpses of what it means to live on a warming planet where human survival grows more fraught,” my colleagues David Pierson, Alice Su and Molly Hennessy-Fiske wrote in a gripping piece."
Sammy Roth reports for Boiling Point in the Los Angeles Times July 22, 2021.
SEE ALSO:
"Amid Summer Of Fire And Floods, A Moment Of Truth For Climate Action" (Washington Post)
"The Climate Crisis Has Gone Critical" (Common Dreams)
"Scientists Are Worried By How Fast The Climate Crisis Has Amplified Extreme Weather" (CNN)
"Summer Catastrophes Bring the Climate Crisis into Focus" (Undark)
