World Record For Heat

There are many ways to measure global warming, and this one is definitive. The World Meteorological Organization has also announced Continue reading →

U.S. Relative To World

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) measured a variety of countries against dozens of criteria relating to health, Continue reading →

Cruising Northwest Passage

Arctic Sea ice no longer blocks ships across the north coast of North America. The Northwest Passage was a hoped-for Continue reading →

World Happiness Day

March 20th, “the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness”. Glad we have one. Ah, happy we have one. Congratulations to Continue reading →

February Breaks Records

Records aren’t made to be broken. In a stable system, records happen randomly and equally on both sides of a Continue reading →

Too Many Ships

One way to track the world economy is to watch what happens with transportation. The price to ship stuff is Continue reading →

Gig Economy Facade

The gig economy, the idea of people having lots of little jobs instead of long term single careers, has been Continue reading →

Growing Economies Not Pollution

For the last two years, we’ve done something that many supposed wasn’t possible: we’ve grown our global economy while not Continue reading →