Portion of local U.S. parks that saw an increase in visitors this spring
: 2/3
Portion of U.S. parks-and-recreation agencies that have been asked to reduce spending this fiscal year
: 2/3
Percentage of dust particles in U.S. national parks that are plastic
: 4
Factor by which the annual amount of plastic pollution accumulating in bodies of water is expected to increase by 2040
: 2.6
By which the amount accumulating on land is expected to increase
: 2.8
Approximate number of square miles that have been lost from the Louisiana coast in the past one hundred years
: 2,000
Estimated percentage change by 2100 in the mortality rate in Accra, Ghana, as a result of temperature-related deaths
: +19
Percentage by which the population of the average wildlife species has declined globally since 1970
: 68
In Latin America and the Caribbean
: 94
Rank of deforestation among the causes of wildlife decline on land
: 1
Estimated number of animals that have been killed or displaced by Australian wildfires over the past two years
: 3,000,000,000
Estimated percentage of wildland firefighters in California who are prisoners
: 14
Percentage by which the U.S. prison population has dropped since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
: 8
Portion of its viewership that the cable channel A&E lost after canceling Live PD in the wake of George Floyd’s killing
: 1/2
Percentage increase in police stops of black drivers in the month after a Trump rally was held in a given area in 2016
: 4.2
Estimated number of stops for which this accounted
: 30,000
Percentage of black Americans who wish police officers would spend less time in their neighborhoods
: 19
Who wish they would spend more
: 20
Percentage decrease in the length of the average work meeting since the onset of the pandemic
: 20
Percentage by which employees in open-plan offices took more sick leave than those in private offices before COVID-19
: 62
Percentage by which the unemployment rate of recently graduated U.S. physics majors exceeds that of art history majors
: 60
Estimated amount that South Korea was willing to spend to save a single life in the first phase of the pandemic
: $6,682,000
That the United States was willing to spend
: $87,000
Number of Americans who have become billionaires over the course of the pandemic
: 24
Average factor by which countries led by men have had more COVID-19 deaths than countries led by women
: 1.9
Portion of U.S. adults who think it is probably or definitely true that the outbreak was planned by “powerful people”
: 1/4
Percentage by which women are more likely than men to see some truth in the theory
: 38
Factor by which mainstream newspapers cite organizations that oppose climate action more often than those that support it
: 2
Portion of Americans who admit to not relying on the news sources they regard as the most trustworthy
: 1/3
Percentage by which Republicans are less likely than Democrats to say that health officials are handling the pandemic well
: 24
By which they were more likely than Democrats to say so in March
: 14
Portion of Americans who have yet to complete a census form who say they would refuse to answer the door for a census worker
: 2/5
Percentage of eligible U.S. voters who do not have a government-issued photo ID
: 11
Minimum amount that five states have spent implementing voter-ID laws since 2006
: $36,000,000
Number of hours that Texas state lawyers have spent litigating voter-ID laws since 2011
: 12,400
Percentage of Americans who would support testing presidential candidates’ cognitive ability
: 67
Who would support administering drug tests to candidates
: 70
Portion of Americans who think neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump would make a good president
: 1/4
