Coal Hits New Low

America is using less coal, has actually retreated to levels from 1970, and is no longer the leading source of Continue reading →

Japanese Negative Interest Rate

Negative interest rates happen when assets are accumulating and not circulating. They were imposed by some governments in Europe in Continue reading →

Components Of Sea Level Rise

Sea level rise has been measured for long enough to quantify the general trend. As more data comes in and Continue reading →

Doomsday Clock Unchanged

The Doomsday Clock that (arbitrarily) illustrates how close humanity is to an apocalypse remains stuck at three minutes to midnight. Continue reading →

We Reached Peak Stuff

The head of sustainability at Ikea has declared that we’ve reached Peak Stuff. That’s an interesting assertion from a furniture Continue reading →

Sentient Trees

The more we learn about trees, the more it seems that they communicate with each other, and possibly think. The Continue reading →

Auto Autos Redefine Cities

Thanks to urbanization, Uber, and automation, the amount of space devoted to cars may dramatically decline. Currently in America, there Continue reading →

Lake Poopo Is Gone

A mix of climate change, mining, and agriculture have eliminated Bolivia’s second largest lake. At times, the lake was twice Continue reading →