IN the 1960s and ‘70s Pago Pago in American Samoa averaged 85 cool nights, that’s nights under 23c, per year, now they have just four. The number of days hotter than 32c has gone from nine to about 22.
A new report, Climate Change in American Samoa, makes it clear that the climate emergency isn’t some distant threat: it’s here and now.
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