Global heating is no longer a tomorrow problem – it’s today’s

For decades, global warming was widely seen as a tomorrow problem, something for our hapless grandchildren to worry about. But with heat records tumbling relentlessly, it is becoming clear that tomorrow has basically arrived. We are the hapless grandchildren. It is also becoming clear that we are not ready for the heat.

July 22 was the hottest day in recorded history,

with the average global temperature hitting 17.15 deg C, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. That smashed the previous record set way back on, uh, July 21.