Climate Change Is Making Us Paranoid, Anxious and Angry

Some of the revelations in this “Pandora’s box of horrors” raise practical questions. If students are 10 percent more likely to fail an exam taken on a 90-degree day, should the test scores of children in southern climates be rounded up accordingly? If higher temperatures lead to outbursts of violence, should a hot day be considered a mitigating factor when determining the guilt of a defendant? Should parents be…