Poll: Is the Earth Doomed? Should U.S. Candidates Address Climate Change?

San Diego County has dodged the heat bullet this summer. But news reports of corn crop failures and record temperatures across the country—and scientific research—indicate that climate change (whether human-made or natural) is real and dangerous. Time magazine noted 2 million acres have burned in massive wildfires in the West, two-thirds of the country is in a drought and 3,215 daily-high-temp records were set nationwide in June. Should the drought end on ideas to address this challenge?