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Ocean CO2 Uptake Constraints Due to Alkalinity

Ocean Surface Tipping Point Could Accelerate Climate Change | Jackson School of Geosciences | The University of Texas at Austin (utexas.edu)

US Shale Oil Production, Permian Basin Appears Near Peak Production

The End of Abundant Energy: Shale Production and Hubbert’s Peak (gorozen.com) Pioneer CEO: The Shale Boom Is Over | OilPrice.com  

Valley Of Fire State Park NV; Photo by Hung Ton

Drug OD Deaths USA

Drug OD deaths per year in the USA are running just above 100,000 LS 2020 Drug Overdose Death Rates | Drug Overdose | CDC Injury Center    

Suicide Rate, Recent Trending

Suicides in the USA increased 31% from 2000 to 2020.   Currently about 46,000 people a year successfully commit suicide. LS 2015 Washington Post county level map of US suicide rates County and State Data Map: Defining Mental Health…

Traffic Deaths Increasing

NHTSA’s 2021 Estimate of Traffic Deaths Shows 16-Year High About 2.5 million are injured each year due to vehicles. Some of these injuries are long term or lifetime in duration. (LS)

Preventable Deaths in the USA 2014 CDC Estimate

Up to 40 percent of annual deaths from each of five leading US causes are preventable | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC

Noncommunicable Disease Burden in the Americas 2017

The disease burden of noncommunicable diseases – PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Disability Adjusted Life Years; Top Ten Causes, USA 2015 Report

 

Smoking and Premature Death

Tobacco-Related Mortality | CDC Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year.1,6 Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following:1 More than 480,000 deaths annually (including deaths from…