Forget the Trump-Palin clown show. Forget the primary wars. This is the number one story of the day.
2015 Was Hottest Year in Recorded History, Scientists Say
Scientists reported Wednesday that 2015 was the hottest year in recorded history by far, breaking a record set only the year before — a burst of heat that has continued into the new year and is roiling weather patterns all over the world.
In twenty years, as Greenland melts and the storms wash away either coast, all of the other concerns will be dwarfed in significance. There is no alternative to earth. It’s time that the media treated climate change as the real existential threat that it is.