Meet the people moving north to escape increasingly hot summers

Dried grass in Greenwich Park, London, Aug. 11 during the UK's hottest summer on record. Two-thirds of England fell into drought, with water restrictions affecting 27 million people. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe hide caption Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe LONDON – Mike Coe never thought he would leave his dream home in rural Worcestershire, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. That was until Coe started researching the warming temperatures in the region. Coe had a job making videos for environmental activists, and ten years ago, when he spoke to his colleagues about the effects of climate change – and read the scientific papers himself – he started to get concerned. Mike Coe outside his "Passivhaus" on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Mike Coe hide caption Mike Coe "I realized that it was likely to get very, very hot in the British Midlands, even during my lifetime," Coe, 69, told NPR. "I said… I think we need to move to Scotland." A decade later, now Coe and his partner Lizzie Stoodley live on the Isle of Skye off Scotland's west coast. There they have built a "Passivhaus" — a highly energy-efficient home — the second they have built. And they are glad they...