this summer, and summer camps reported lost revenue and added expense from air-conditioning. In Portland, Ore., a camp set up shop in a former department store. In Nevada, campfires were taken off the activity list, and campers found themselves inside more often.
Trips to Europe for a respite from the heat did not work out well. Wildfires made for a hot, unhealthy summer in Greece. MajorCanada is experiencing its worst fire season on record. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre,have swept across the country so far this year, with a cumulative burned area of more than 121,000 square kilometers.
That figure has surpassed the land area of South Korea and is 7.5 times larger than the cumulative area affected by forest fires in China from 2000 to 2021. It is a vicious cycle because the forest fires emit carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, which then worsen climate change, with the smoke wafting its way to America.Summer should not be synonymous with suffering. We have it within our control to confront climate change.