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Climate change reshaping our world

Evansville Courier-Press: The silence on the lakes this Fourth of July was eerie. Nary a rocket's red glare or mortar exploding in air. Accuweather measured the degree of heat: 101 on July 1, 98 on July 2, 95 on July 3, 101 on the holiday, followed by 103, 104 and 106. Driving between Columbus and Edinburgh a week earlier I watched the thermometer on my Ford Escape flicker between 107 and 108. Evansville set heat records on nine consecutive days. Indianapolis had the second driest June on record. Bloomberg BusinessWeek...