Hmm -- something up with the climate?

Below is
a group of headlines from the Canadian Early Bird one day this summer. I wonder if something is up with the climate. Phrase of the season: "the new normal." I mention this because I suspect it has national security implications.

Los Angeles Times: Fierce
storms in Northeast, yes, but probably not a derecho 
The New York Times: Storms threaten ozone layer over U.S., study says 

Los Angeles Times: Greenland
ice sheet undergoes worst surface melt in 132 years 

The Christian Science Monitor: U.S.
drought already rippling out into the world