Multiple wildfires in the state of Oregon has caused skies to turn red due to the heavy smoke.

State capital building in Salem

Argentina’s Esperanza Base on Antarctica’s Trinity Peninsula reached 65°F (18.3°C) on Thursday, notching the continent’s warmest temperature in recorded history, per the World Meteorological Organization.

Why it matters: Antarctica is one of the globe’s fastest-warming regions with temperatures rising 5°F (2.8°C) in the past 50 years, spurring the retreat of 87% of the glaciers along the Antarctic peninsula’s west coast, the Washington Post reports.

Something has to be done here for future generations.