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Hmm — something up with the climate?

Below is a group of headlines from the Canadian Early Bird one day this summer. I wonder if something is up with the climate. Phrase of the season: "the new normal." I mention this because I suspect it has national security implications. Los Angeles Times: Fierce storms in Northeast, yes, but probably not a derecho  ...

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Below is a group of headlines from the Canadian Early Bird one day this summer. I wonder if something is up with the climate. Phrase of the season: "the new normal." I mention this because I suspect it has national security implications.

Below is a group of headlines from the Canadian Early Bird one day this summer. I wonder if something is up with the climate. Phrase of the season: "the new normal." I mention this because I suspect it has national security implications.

Los Angeles Times: Fierce storms in Northeast, yes, but probably not a derecho  The New York Times: Storms threaten ozone layer over U.S., study says 
Los Angeles Times: Greenland ice sheet undergoes worst surface melt in 132 years 
The Christian Science Monitor: U.S. drought already rippling out into the world  

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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