Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for to .
This week’s theme seems to be: global warming.
![[A chart of the average temperature every month going back to 1880, showing that this year has been the hottest year on record by far, with July and August being the hottest temperatures ever.]](https://www.canadianatheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-08-nasa-giss-temperature-records-200x153.png)
The last two months have both been the hottest months on record.
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[] Mandatory music classes hit a bad note with some Muslim parents
The Toronto District School Board handled the religious accommodation request admirably – they offered reasonable compromises, but when those were rejected they drew the line.
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[] ”Earth Temperature Timeline” by Randall Munroe (xkcd)
A chart that’s both funny and freaky, showing the timeline of average global temperature for the entire human era.
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[] Apple responds to diversity criticism: “We had a Canadian” onstage at iPhone 7 event
After being called out for its hypocrisy regarding the difference between its statements about diversity, and the actual diversity visible at its iPhone 7 events, an Apple PR flack has an adorably amusing response.
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[] NASA Analysis Finds Another Record Month
Last month we learned that was the hottest month in 136 years of modern recording history. Surprisingly, things didn’t cool down one whit when rolled around, which tied the record.
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[] CBC investigation finds majority of BC rehab clinics use 12 step model
The wildly variable standards of care at BC rehab clinics is highlighted by the fact that many still use ineffective 12-step programs, and reject evidence-based care as
nonsense
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[] Gaia’s billion-star map hints at treasures to come
Between and , ESA’s Gaia satellite imaged and tracked over a billion stars, creating the most complete map of our galaxy ever made. And that’s only year 1 of its five-year mission.
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[] Welcome to the Anthropocene, are environmentalists equipped to respond?
Geologists are declaring that the Holocene is over, and we have entered a new geological age: the Anthropocene, where human activity has become the dominant influence on climate, the environment, and the geological record.
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That earth temperature comic is great. Modern human activity is just…so…recent.
Even if you stop at 2000 as the continuation of the 500 year trend and disregard the short segment and the projected lines, it’s still heading up quickly over just the last century. I guess in the year 2500 (and someone’s still around) we can see what came of the next 500 year segment.