Not-exactly-natural disasters cost 3 trillion dollars in the last decade, up from 1.8 trillion in the previous decade.

Global heating effects are responsible for much of the increase.

A survey found that 57% of Australians have been affected directly by the fires.

The fires are still spreading, so the number may yet increase.

A quarter of the population has experienced medical problems from the fires.

*Warning of 'Environmental Ruin and With It a Human Tragedy,' Report Details Triple Threat to Coral Reefs.*

*Mayfly populations have fallen 50% since 2012.* They are an important food source for other animals, so their populations are falling also. *We Risk Living in an 'Empty World' If Assault on Nature Not Stopped, Warns UN Biodiversity Chief.*

"People's lives depend on biodiversity in ways that are not always apparent or appreciated. Human health ultimately depends on ecosystem services: the availability of fresh water, fuel, food sources."

African gray parrots tend to help other African gray parrots even when they don't expect any direct benefit from doing so.

*If the [US] minimum wage kept pace with productivity growth since 1968 it would be over $24 an hour today.*

Since 1968, it has not even kept up with inflation, let alone productivity growth.

The second article refutes some of the plutocratist arguments claiming this problem is inevitable.

*Addameer Collects Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Committed against Palestinian [prisoners] at Israeli Interrogation Centers.*