Data from the World Bank shows that the amount of arable land per person has been steadily decreasing since the 1960s.

The Global Peace Index (GPI) is an attempt to measure the relative peacefulness of the countries around the world. The latest publication considers Syria, South Sudan, Iraq, Somalia, and Afghanistan as the least peaceful places in the world. On the other hand, Iceland, Denmark, Austria, New Zealand, and Portugal are considered the most peaceful.

A year ago I published the 2015 update on the Corruption Perceptions Index, and the data for 2016 is already available on the Transparency International (transparency.org) website. As a recap, this organization fights for a world in which government, business, civil society, and the daily lives of people are free of corruption. This year, the least corrupt countries on the list are New Zealand and Finland, and the most corrupt are Somalia and South Sudan.

In Europe, the trend is similar to last year: the most northern and western countries are the least corrupt, and vice versa.

In South America, Venezuela is again at the bottom of the list this year.

The poll aggregates from RealClearPolitics show that opinion of Trump has never been more favorable than unfavorable. In fact, it has been reported that he took office as one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history. The trend shows it's going down again after a short increase following the election.

It's very unfortunate but not surprising that 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded. NASA released the consolidated reports, and the data doesn't lie. Global warming is quite real. See the average-by-season chart.

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