A not-so-hot take on California fires, climate change, smoke waves—and the stories we need, to survive - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

A not-so-hot take on California fires, climate change, smoke waves—and the stories we need, to survive - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: We are living in a world of media hot takes. They come at us fast and furious, like embers blown from a firestorm by a fierce Santa Ana or Diablo wind. In an instant we’re surrounded on all sides. Quick judgments are demanded. This is exactly the opposite of the approach we need to confront the climate and other environmental challenges that we face these days.