- The average May temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 65.4F, 5.2F above average, making it the warmest May in the 124-year record.
- 25 of the 50 United States have seen suicides increase more than 30% since 1990.
- Only about 23% of the world’s land remains wild.
- One source of Antarctic ice melt has tripled, adding 0.12 inches of sea level rise.
- The number of young companies in the US has dropped from 13% in 1985 to 8% in 2014.
- While US population rose 4%, water consumption fell 9% to a level from 45 years ago.
- The US suicide rate increase of 30% is apparently tied to low support network spending (18.8% in the US vs >25% elsewhere), income inequality, and guns.
Pretending Not To Panic 