President George H.W. Bush, who just passed away at 94, loved to go fast. He was the youngest pilot in the Navy during the Second World War when he was shot down near Iwo Jima; he was rescued after he bailed out by a passing submarine. Later in life he loved to get behind the helm of speedboats in Florida and then off his family’s compound in Maine. He lived life to the full. Indeed, at his memorial service at the National Cathedral, his son, former president George W. Bush, said his father “was born with two settings: full throttle…

The 1,656-page federal government’s report on climate change, called the National Climate Assessment, was mandated by Congress and written by 13 federal agencies and more than 300 scientists and climate experts. You can read the entire report via the link at the bottom of this story, but here are direct excerpts from the part that’s relevant to us. It’s the section on “Climate-Related Drivers of Ocean Change,” dealing with ocean temperature, sea and water levels, and storms. Here are the main points: “Sea surface temperatures are rising and are expected to rise faster over the next few decades, with significant…