Data That Matters October 2022

A NASA satellite was intended to change an asteroid’s orbit by 73 seconds. They changed the orbit by 32 minutes. 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 →

UN Extinction Video

This video is not part of the typical format for a post on this site, but it does summarize many 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 →

Data That Matters March 2020

Even despite Brexit, the UK economy is up ~20% in last decade while CO2 emissions are down 29%. Bug populations 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 →

Popular Posts 2019

PretendingNotToPanic.com is a blog based on “news for people who are eager and anxious about the future“; with additional constraints Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2019

Zero. Alaska had no sea ice within 150 miles of its shores for the first time since written records were Continue reading →