Good to hear from you again! Excellent article as always. I have a couple of questions:

1) Although most climate scientists believe that co2 contributes to a warmer temperature, about what percentage of scientists believe we're in a catastrophe or on the verge of one, do you think?

2) What do you think of the recent talk of very high, out of range temperatures at the poles right now? I figure that very dry, cloudless places have huge temperature ranges, but these seem unusual.