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November is the start of the holiday season in many parts of the world. It is a time for family, football, food, shopping and decorating, particularly in the Christian and Jewish world, leading to Christmas and...
Events in December 2024. Well, we made it to December. December is the holiday season, particularly in Western nations, where Christianity and Judaism are the faiths most common in the nation's past. ...
A toddler playing in the fountain at a park in Santa Fe, New Mexico—Photo LD Lewis. In August, we live through the Dog Days of Summer. It's hot and often humid, and those ...
Earth Overshoot Day marks when humanity has used more from nature than our planet can renew. It shows the deficit in natural resources, pollution versus our use, and destruction. Key contributors are industrialized fishing, over-harvesting forests, and carbon dioxide emissions. In short, people use more than the planet can replace, and the ecosystems can absorb.
When the project began in 1980, the date was November 3, and it continues to fall back yearly.
The date of Earth Overshoot Day each year is announced a few weeks before it happens, and therefore, we estimate the date to keep the event within the calendar.
The Nib published this cartoon strip illustrating the concept https://thenib.com/the-bet-are-we-doomed
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