Editorial: Climate change is creating hell on Earth
The record-breaking heat wave baking the West Coast is another painful sign that climate change is here, and we have to adapt. The Pacific Northwest has been sizzling, with conditions forecasters have described as unprecedented and life-threatening. Portland, Ore., hit 113 degrees Monday, breaking the previous all-time high of 112 degrees, set Sunday. … Seattle hit 107 degrees, also a record high. … And further north, the town of Lytton in British Columbia hit 116 degrees Sunday, the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada.
Related article:
- Scientific American: Unprecedented Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest Driven by Climate Change