- Antarctica sets a new temperature record of 63.5F.
- California’s snowpack is at 6% of normal.
- Since 1870, sea level has risen about 200mm.
- Only 70% of 20-24 year olds have jobs.
- Thawing permafrost adds 160 billion tons each year. The limit is 1,100 billion tons.
- The climate is changing at 0.16 C increase per decade.
- Cartel related deaths in Mexico are down from 23,000 to under 16,000, partly because of marijuana legalization.
- The Congressional Budget Office labels the federal debt situation unsustainable at 100% of GDP, and the debt is expected to rise.
- Since the Great Recession there has been a 50% increase in child poverty.
- March 2015, CO2 reached 400.06 ppm.
- In the last ten years, total solar energy produced has climbed 53-fold.
- US drivers hit a limit of about 3,000,000,000,000, three trillion miles.
- The market for non-GMO food has grown from $1.2B in 2011 to $8.5B in 2014.
- Rich Americans, the top 0.01%, made 42% of the political contributions in 2012.
- Since 1950, the number of days of downpours has increased more than 20%.
- Robots account for 0.36% of GDP, which is about 10% of GDP growth.