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Hi Gloria & Nia. Someone from LeMonde did this yesterday on r/environment so maybe I'll just recycle my question for more perspective.

Since you're working for a news organization, I wonder if you can give us your thoughts on how useful you think headlines / stories about heat records are, specifically following this current summer which seems to be providing a constant stream of them, and which will presumably only increase as the years go on. Not to suggest that such things shouldn't be reported on, but do you worry that the public will soon drown out headlines of heat records and bright red global temperature maps? Some related stuff:

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The University of Michigan’s Richard Rood used to blog about climate records for Weather Underground, but in 2014 he got sick of continuously new extremes and stopped.

“I think we need to get away from that sort of record-setting sensationalism at some level and really be getting down to the hard work,” he said, addressing the need for people to adapt to a warmer world and get serious about slashing emissions causing hotter, more extreme weather.

via 'Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world'

Zack Labe tweet from earlier, maybe commenting specifically on a type of sensational headline. Again, not to say that we should downplay the issue, but as a news agency, is there a concern that the news will just stop resonating?

Thanks for your reporting work and for the AMA.