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Swaths of the US are living through a brutal summer. It's a climate wake-up call for many
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FILE - Sorelly Restrepo, of Colombia, shields herself from the sunlight in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles, July 27, 2023. Across the U.S., many people are living through one of the most brutal summers of their lives and reckoning with the idea that climate change is only going to make matters worse in the coming decades. - photo by AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File
Veronica Iordanova remembers Octobers growing up in Arizona when it was too cold to trick-or-treat in a short-sleeved Halloween costume. She can’t imagine that anymore. The summer heat lasts longer and feels more intense now, and she knows that is a result of human-caused global warming.