Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 4, January 2026. Fifty years ago, at the remarkably young age of 37, David Baltimore received the Nobel Prize (with Howard Temin and Renato Dulbecco) for “discoveries concerning the interaction between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell.” David was a …
Observations from the Little Bunker
Last updated: February 24, 2026 10:22 PM
Atmospheric CO₂
429.9 ppm
+17.3
ppm/year
Atmospheric CH₄
1946.47 ppb
+6.49
ppb/year
Global Temperature
+1.48 °C
Peak: +1.73°C
World Population
8.1 billion
+67
million/year