Updated July 24
Amid summer of fire and floods, a moment of truth for climate action
Yet another scorching summer has brought more unmistakable reminders that climate change is intensifying and altering everyday life. What will it take for leaders to finally act?
By Sarah Kaplan and Brady DennisThe Washington Post
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The panicked commuters of Zhengzhou, China, could only stand on seats and cling to poles in a desperate attempt to keep their heads above the muddy torrent this past week, as floodwaters from record-breaking rains inundated the subway system.
On the other side of the planet, in Gresham, Ore., a 61-year-old maker of handcrafted ukuleles slowly died in June as searing temperatures made an oven out of his lifelong home – one of at least 800 victims of what one scientist called “the most anomalous heat event ever observed on Earth.”