Katharine Hayhoe's new book is a conversational, first-person narrative that melds the social science around climate change attitudes and communication into a framework and set of stories that readers can access and relate to.
All is quiet in "The Zone" just after 6 a.m. on a frosty February morning. The Zone is what people call the homeless encampment near Phoenix's Human Services Campus at 12th Avenue and Madison Street.
âFor our most vulnerable, disadvantaged communities, this also creates compounding health effects,â Ortiz said. âFirst thereâs the heat. Then for many families their water supplies are affected. And then itâs also the same heat and drought that are exacerbating wildfires and leading to smoky, unhealthy air quality.â
In northern California, the largest wildfire to hit the state this year broke out over the weekend and has so far consumed more than 140 sq miles (362 sq km). The Beckwourth Complex grew so fast and with such intensity that it whipped up a rare fire tornado â a swirling vortex of smoke and fire.
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