The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast. He…

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