Climate Disruption is now Locked In: The Next Moves Will Be Critical

Last month, before the skies over San Francisco turned a surreal orange, Death Valley reached 130°F, the highest temperature ever measured on the planet. Dozens of people have perished from the heat in Phoenix, which in July suffered its hottest month on record, only to surpass that milestone in August.  The questions are profound and urgent. Can this be reversed? What can be done to minimize the looming dangers for the decades ahead? Will the destruction of recent weeks become a moment of reckoning, or just a blip in the news cycle? - NYTimes