Data That Matters June 2020

The US had record unemployment of 3.2 million in March, 6.6 million in April, and in May went from 30 Continue reading →

Arctic Hits 100F

It finally (unofficially) happened. Temperatures have finally reached 100F in the Arctic. Even if the official number is lower, a Continue reading →

Declining Bug Populations

It is easy to not notice an unpleasant something’s absence. Bug populations are declining by about 2% per year. That Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2020

Global debt is now 230% of global GDP. The previous times this happened resulted in financial upsets and recessions. Antarctica Continue reading →

Record Antarctica Heat

And another record. Heat records are becoming so common that people don’t react to them as much as their significance Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2020

About 10,000,000 acres of Australia have burned, partly enabled by >107F temperatures. In the US in the last forty years, Continue reading →

Family Farmer Bankruptcies

Thanks to trade wars, climate disruptions, and depressed commodity prices, the number of family farms that went bankrupt in the Continue reading →

Australia Is Burning

Australia rarely gets the attention most countries get, partly because the land is so remote. The wildfires there are so Continue reading →