Eight Billion People

The world’s population now exceeds eight billion people, 8,000,000,000. (World Population Clock) That’s a doubling since 1974, which was a Continue reading →

Income And Wealth Inequality – 2022

No surprise, there is income and wealth inequality. Also no surprise, little is changing it. Wages in the US are Continue reading →

Data That Matters October 2022

Global CO2 Emissions Shrink

Thanks partly to extra solar and wind power, “global CO2 emissions would have been more than 600 million tonnes higher Continue reading →

Wildlife Populations Decline by 69 Percent

In general, wildlife populations have declined by 69%. That may not be apparent to most people because most people do Continue reading →

Successful Asteroid Deflection Proven

We finally have tested a concept for how to deflect an asteroid, and it worked more than 25 times better Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2022

US Life Expectancy Falls Again

It is easy to blame the pandemic, but it isn’t just because of that. In January 1996, US life expectancy Continue reading →