Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 6, February 2026. SignificanceThe specimens presented here represent the earliest known handheld wooden tools, recovered at the Middle Pleistocene site Marathousa 1 (Greece). The site provides evidence of hominin activities in a MIS12 glacial refugium, including the …
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