Umair Irfan
Former correspondent
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Temperature records are falling around the world, but those records aren’t equally meaningful.
The Caribbean’s marine heat wave will have big impacts on tiny islands like Dominica.
Antarctica isn’t immune to the recent heat baking much of the planet. It could affect the rest of the world.
“We’re steadily marching toward an uninsurable future.”
One of them rhymes with shmimate range.
Fast-moving air 8 miles in the sky is pinning hot air over the South, driving the heat index into triple digits.
Small modular reactors might be the nuclear industry’s best hope for a renaissance.
The first electric car for most people will be a used one.
Unprecedented Atlantic Ocean heating and El Niño in the Pacific are pushing the climate into uncharted territory.
Extreme weather and climate-linked disasters don’t always lead to changes in public opinion.