‘Extraordinary is no longer extraordinary’: US scientists on a year of climate disasters

In the summer, we spoke to four experts about the record-breaking heatwave that scorched the western US and Canada. As the year ends they share their hopes and fears for the future
Monday, January 10, 2022
Maanvi Singh
The Guardian

A fire engine drives past columns of dark smoke at the Dixie fire, a wildfire near the town of Greenville, California, in August.

Picture Credit:
Fred Greaves

The American west faced an unprecedented year of climate disasters in 2021.