For anyone who's missed the drumbeat of alarming headlines, global warming can sound comforting, even benign – as in, better beach weather.
It's a difference of a few degrees.
“Who can tell the difference between a 77° and an 81° (Fahrenheit) day?” asked best-selling American author and commentator Jeff Goodell, whose new book, The Heat Will Kill You First, explores the extreme ways in which human-induced climate change already is dramatically altering our planet.
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