Culture
It's Getting Too Damn Hot to Have Fun in the Summer
An environmental economist explains how climate change and extreme weather could mean summer is no longer the peak season for festivals and outdoor recreation.
Global warming is making summers hotter—dangerously so, and at an unprecedented rate. Heat waves, which recently shattered heat records in Europe and the U.S., are becoming more frequent, as are flash floods and wildfires.
Continuing along this path would seem to threaten summer’s reputation as a time for being outside, affecting peoples’ favorite summertime leisure activities like riding bikes, attending festivals, or taking hiking trips.