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    Opinion: Is Anything More Urgent Than The Temperature Of Our Planet?

    Our Earth is in the middle of what may be the hottest summer on record. Scorching new records were set all over Europe this week. What could be more urgent news than the temperature of our planet?
    by Scott Simon Jul 27, 2019 1 minute
    For the second time in a month, an intense heat wave has hit Western Europe, particularly France. In Toulouse, temperatures reached 90 degrees Fahrenheit by 10 p.m. This heat wave is characterized by unusually high temperatures at night.

    It's hot: historically, treacherously hot this week, in surprising places.

    It was 109 degrees in Paris, the highest temperature ever recorded there. People plunged into the Jardins du TrocadĂŠro fountains to cool down, while officials worried some

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