
The Case of the Killer Heat
A Matter of Degrees
Why the Planet Is Getting Hotter
This story is really wrenching, Leah. This just shouldn't be acceptable. Farm workers should not have to sacrifice their bodies just to put food on our cables. But even if we got rid of the peace rate system, there'd still be a problem because the planet is still getting hotter. Who is responsible for burning the planet? To understand why the planet is getting hotter and killing people in heat waves, I called up a friend of ours, Dr. Kate Marvull. She runs scenarios in computer models to estimate how much the Earth's temperature will rise in the future.
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