He put down roots near the Gold Coast, more than 2,000 miles away, so he could level up in more “average” waves compared to the barrels he was used to in Western Australia.

And I've been a little bit scared of surfing bigger waves since, but I've realized the only way I can get past that is just doing it again. Wow, that’s terrifying.

The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.

Early this year, severe storms battered California, bringing huge waves that damaged infrastructure and forced people away from the coast. That may be the new norm, as climate change fuels severe ...