Wildfires are still scorching the West as a hurricane hits the South
"It’s pretty scary out there these days. There are wildfires in the West and a hurricane causing
“catastrophic” flooding in the South. And the destructiveness of those disasters is being aggravated by climate change. |
All of that is keeping those of us on The Times climate team very busy. |
For decades, climate journalists focused on the science of climate change, which proves the planet is warming and forecasts the consequences. That goes back at least to 1988, when The Times published a front-page article about the NASA scientist James Hansen, who testified in the Senate and warned in an interview that “It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here.” |
The government, as we all know, continued to waffle. And here we are. Now, to an ever increasing degree, being a climate reporter is all about catastrophes, reported in real time. |
And so, we do what we do. We cover the news.
In the West, more than 5 million acres have now burned, and fire season still has months to go. Our coverage has focused heavily on the links between wildfires and climate change. |
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By John Schwartz (Images from this blog)
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