“Remember ’76?” Isn’t a Climate Argument

Britain is boiling, but some people still think a hot summer in 1976 disproves climate change. It doesn’t.

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Look, I moved away from South Africa for a reason.

It wasn't just the politics (though yes, that too). It was the heat. The smothering, oppressive, wall-of-fire summer heat that melts your will to live faster than ice cream on a braai plate. Growing up in SA, I spent December through February basically hibernating in…