(Corvallis, OR) -- A new climate report warns immediate action is needed to prevent a climate crisis. Researchers at Oregon State University led an international coalition to produce the report ahead of a United Nations climate change convention in November. It cites record setting high temperatures on land and sea, ice in Greenland and Antarctica declining to all-time lows, and more than 23-hundred heat-related deaths in the U.S. last year. They recommend a global carbon tax to limit emissions, encouraging a change in diets to emphasize eating plant-based foods, and more climate change education in classrooms.