The message from scientists studying the effects of climate change: “climate change needs to be addressed as an issue now playing out, not something that could happen in the future.”

The proof: “a survey of studies has determined that climate change has had a particularly dire effect on mammals and birds on the endangered species list.”

The alarm bells have been ringing for years. They’re not warning bells, they’re going off because the house is on fire now. So the issue isn’t that we can’t hear them, it’s that we’re ignoring them.

That’s one way to bring about the end.