Living With Climate Change: It’s official: This summer was the hottest on record

The globe just experienced its hottest summer on record. That means searing temperatures not only put portions of the population at risk right now, but rising global sea temps chipped away at Antarctic ice to compound worrisome issues in the future, like warming oceans that fuel hurricanes, and eroding coastlines.

Persistent global warming from burning fossil fuels like coal and oilCL00, along with the shorter-term impact from an early showing of an El Niño event, drove the thermometer higher from Texas to New York to Spain…