Extreme heat should inspire urgency, not doom

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On climate change, both denialism and fatalism are mere postures, not serious points of view.

On climate change, as we swelter through this heat wave, both denialism and fatalism are mere postures, not serious points of view. With evidence of human-induced global warming all around us, hopeful realism is our only choice.has settled over the Midwest and Northeast, roasting half of the country, day after day. The first named storm of the hurricane season made landfall in Mexico on Thursday morning and is bringingto Texas.

But for now, what is the deal with this heat? Why was it hotter near Burlington, Vt., on Wednesday than it was in Miami ? “We are seeing the warming of the planet that was predicted,” Mann said. “But what is true is that some of the impacts of that warming are exceeding what the models predicted.”In other words, the road toward a warmer world got bumpy quicker than scientists anticipated. Now, it is uncertain what’s around the next bend.

 

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Extreme heat hits Texas and Florida early in the seasonDenise Chow is a reporter for NBC News Science focused on general science and climate change.
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