“We are probably the only scientific community whose archive is in danger of disappearing from the face of the planet.” The BBC’s Sara Lentati on why scientists are sending ice to Antarctica. (Let’s just hope it doesn’t dissolve into the sea along with many of the glaciers in the region.)

+ Melting roads, hundreds dead, and days when 113 degrees can feel like a relief: India’s unrelenting heat wave.

+ The Economist on why India’s heatwaves are so deadly.