In 1988 climatologist James Hansen announced, “Global warming has arrived.” Now, 34 years later, it is painfully obvious that climate catastrophe has arrived. Featuring scenes that have become more and more routine in recent years, summer in the northern hemisphere saw extreme heat and wildfires in many places, as well as torrential rains and colossal More

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