Do recent heat waves mean global catastrophe, as climate alarmists claim?

A warmer planet means a longer growing season; more CO2 means more luxuriant plant growth. ‘Global warming’ is making the planet more livable

By Steve Sawyer, Quora, August 11, 2025

One of the biggest problems humanity faces is not “climate change” but the global-warming alarmists who continue to spread fear with their constant reports linking every and all natural disasters to global warming (including recent heat waves), which they portray as an existential threat to our world and all of the human race.

So far, global temperatures have risen 1 degree Celsius in the last 150 years (per IPCC AR6). That is far from a catastrophe or an existential threat.… Read more