Climate: Everyone in Europe has died due to 40 C/104 F temperatures
Media is continuing to run out of superlative adjectives. This is truly an emergency situation.
Demographics, Education: Nearly half of Americans think college education is now less important
With the shrinking young cohort, labor is in short supply. A college degree is no longer needed to compete for great jobs.
To solve everything, we need to end capitalism and adopt global communism
“You can’t have infinite growth on a finite planet. That should be a commonplace idea. And that inevitably means facing up to the necessity of putting an end to capitalism…
Climate: When do areas of the U.S. reach their peak temperatures?
In which month do areas of the U.S. typically reach their peak temperatures?
Finance: Mortgage rates historically ran about 6%
People got used to non-normal 3% rates. Yet if one takes a longer view of the U.S. economy and mortgage-rate trends, the data clearly show that the 30-year rate is…
Climate: Really? “Climate change may incite aliens to destroy humanity”
Aliens will destroy us because climate change. It's Just Science.
Climate: Do the excessive heat maps look scarier?
Beginning in April 2024, the NWS/CDC introduced a new "heat risk" based on on "heat index" and adding magenta coloring.
Climate: Record high temperatures per state, by year
When did each state record its current record high temperature?
Weather: What do colors on temperature maps mean?
What do the colors on temperature maps mean? Not much - as this collection of maps shows very different color schemes for the same day - depending on the provider.