Less Ocean Oxygen

Environmental damage is difficult to watch, but when it is visible it is easier to get others to look and Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2022

Alaska hit a record temperature of 67F (19.4C) for December. Suicides were the 12th leading cause of death in the Continue reading →

Good And Sad Suicide News

The good news is that there are “30% fewer suicide attempts among patients who were screened for suicide risk” (Pew Continue reading →

Data That Matters November 2021

Solar power has advanced sufficiently that 0.5% of the Sahara is sufficient to power the aviation industry (though the implementation Continue reading →

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 →