Sparkling City with Egg Monuments #2, by Lari Pittman © The artist. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin

In 2023, the hottest year on record, the number of unprovoked shark attacks remained level, and researchers warned that, as temperatures rise, humans should prepare for more diarrhea. The diurnal asymmetric warming of the earth has reversed course since 1991, with daytime temperatures rising faster than nighttime ones. The warming of low-elevation tropical forests is driving lianas to strangle trees. The skeletons of Caribbean sea sponges may suggest that the planet surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming more than a decade ago. Depression…