Data That Matters December 2020

Currently, the weight of all life on Earth is ~1.2T tons. We’ve now built about the same amount of stuff. Continue reading →

Stuff Outweighs Life

Thanks to humans, the weight of everything we’ve made outweighs all life. Life, which has been active for billions of Continue reading →

No News November 2020

Was there really no news in November? Of course not. There was so much news that conventional and social media Continue reading →

Greenhouse Emissions Return

For a while there, we demonstrated the ability to reduce greenhouse gases. Back in April, at the start of various Continue reading →

Sailing Ships Return

Let’s be clear, these are sailing ships, not sailboats. Before we used fossil fuels for powering transportation, businesses around the Continue reading →

Climate Change Forecasts Improve

Scientists investigate the unknown. It’s is unknown, that’s why so little is known about it. That’s true with pandemics, their Continue reading →

Shrinking American Dream

The American Dream isn’t dead, but far fewer are able to achieve one of its key accomplishments: a better life, Continue reading →

Far Fewer Cars

Hints of the new normal are arriving, and some of them are backed by data. #WorkFromHome, #ShopFromHome, #LearnFromHome all mean Continue reading →