NPR did a story about climate change in the North last year. On the program, a biologist was describing how the ice and snow reflected solar energy and heat, but as temperatures have been rising, the snow and ice have been receding, leaving bogs, fields, and plants, the emergence of which has led to absorption of the energy that was previously reflected. This has, in turn, contributed to the warming trend and brought about wildfires in Greenland. The smoke from these fires then further traps heat. Scary ramifications!

Regions all over the world are experiencing extremes that are only expected to intensify. The prognosis is not good ...

Record temps everywhere. Japan hit 103 - 105, in cities. 20 degrees above normal.
Ireland has been getting whomped.

Same here in mid-michigan. Drought and heat. No fun.

Too bad the media isn't reporting more stories like this.