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March 21, 2017 - Statements issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) yesterday are so alarming, they must be shared. What follows is not good news, so if you'd rather not know - and that is a legitimate response, though I hate to admit it - stop reading. No matter what, never forget: never give up, never give up, never give up. The WMO reports unprecedented heat across the globe, exceptionally low ice at both poles, and - perhaps most worrisome - surging sea-level rise. No longer are climate change's effects being felt in various places at various times. It's crazy hot everywhere. This year continues a trend begun in 2016: temperature records are being broken everywhere. Last month was off the charts here in the United States. In Australia, extreme heat has been a fact of life in many states for months. I hope you saw what I wrote about fires in the US yesterday. In fact, scientific research reveals that the last time our planet was this warm occurred about...

July 4, 2013 - Today is Independence Day, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.  Egyptians are the people to have most recently shown us what independence means, not once, but over the course of two years, twice, with two almost bloodless revolutions.  We thank them for their example. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has just issued a report titled The Global Climate 2001-2010, A Decade of Climate Extremes .  Data from 139 nations demonstrate that droughts in Australia, East Africa and the Amazon affected the largest numbers of people globally.  Rampaging floods in Pakistan, Australia, Africa, India and Eastern Europe were the most frequent extreme weather events.  It is interesting that much of the decade's climate was influenced by La Nina, a cooling climate phenomenon that originates in the southeastern Pacific, along the western coast of South America. Significantly, atmospheric concentrations of the most virulent greenhouse gases w...