The rise in conscious consumption might be slow and steady, but as environmental issues increase in salience around the globe, we continue to see people translating their concern for the environment into action.
Mixing cognitive science and evolutionary psychology, Steven Pinker argued that, despite the apparent increase in bloodshed around the globe, human violence has decreased in recent centuries, which among things raises questions about how accurate a picture of reality we get from the media.
"They have led to a dramatic increase in female leaders across the globe".
More clarity is vital for informed decision making, especially as water scarcity continues to increase in many regions across the globe.
But there is a risk that the increase in new capacity around the globe will outstrip the expected growth in car sales.
The color bar used for 2003 had to be adjusted to account for the increase in carbon dioxide around the globe.
Last year the magazine won a National Magazine Award for general excellence, with the judges citing its "Iraq Handbook for Dummies" and an in-depth report on the increase in extinct species across the globe.
Generally, she said, models show that although ozone should increase in cities, on average around the globe levels should drop, and this will allow methane to persist longer in the air because there will be fewer hydroxyl radicals there to destroy it.
Growing demand for energy has led to a sharp increase in shale gas extraction around the globe, prompting concerns about the impact of the technology.
The Arctic area is a part of the globe where the increase in global temperature has had the earliest noticeable effect and indigenous peoples, including the Swedish reindeer herding Sami, are amongst the first to be affected by these changes.
