Heat waves are carrying us to the point of no return

'It’s the first time in history that it’s more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5°C,' said Adam Scaife at Britain’s Met Office Hadley Centre. That means we're heading into territory where ‘tipping points’ may be lurking.

The Chapel Creek wildfire north of Blue River in British Columbia. There are 885 wildfires burning in Canada, and counting. Photograph courtesy of the B.C. Wildfire Service

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 17, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—“What we’re seeing is climate impacts that scientists thought would accompany certain temperatures happening far more rapidly, with far more devastating effects than had been forecast,” said Dr. Simon Nicholson of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assess...

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