Thus The Guardian today. “National Climate Assessment, to be launched at White House on Tuesday, says effects of climate change are now being felt,” elaborates the newspaper. Alleluia! A bulky report compiled by some three-hundred leading scientists and experts is meant to be a definitive account of climate change in the States. And the verdict is that no American will be left unscathed. “Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present,” a draft version of the report says. Here is another straightforward quote worth cherishing:

Americans are noticing changes all around them. Summers are longer and hotter, and periods of extreme heat last longer than any living American has ever experienced. Winters are generally shorter and warmer. Rain comes in heavier downpours, though in many regions there are longer dry spells in between.

Indeed. In short, scientists and experts are catching up with common people at long last. And that is very good news. The remaining question is what to do about it. Not in the sense of checking it, for that is beyond the human species at this point in time, but in the sense of preparing for the disasters to come. Sadly, the article is rather quiet on this score. Chances are that Americans will need to wait for the next National Climate Assessment for useful stuff of this sort. Right now, only survival is worth talking about. Everything else is for the birds. With some luck, scientists and experts will keep catching up.