“Climate change is not like other issues that can be postponed from one year to the next. The US and world are already behind; speed is of the essence, because climate change and its impacts are coming sooner and with greater ferocity than anticipated.” The UN with a look at the weather: 2016 will be the hottest year on record. President Obama has been reminding us that “no matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning.” And he’s right. There will be no atmosphere to protect us and we’ll burn to death. But the sun will rise.

+ Interesting video: Watch humans go from a tiny group in Africa to 7 billion around the world, in 5 minutes.