Climate Central: A major new federal climate science assessment, released in draft form on Jan. 11, finds that "climate change is real and accelerating,' and that myriad impacts are already being felt in the U.S., from more frequent, hotter heat waves, to coastal flooding and precipitation extremes. The report, which is the first since 2009 to systematically examine the effects of global warming on the U.S., bolsters some of the conclusions of the previous report and cites new findings showing that the country is...