Back on the mainland, half of all counties in the country have been declared disaster areas due to record-breaking heat. ProPublica has aggregated some of the best reporting on the impacts of our rising temperatures.

Check out the investigative news site’s list here, and in particular, the story on coral bleaching, which is threatening Hawaii’s marine life.

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