The 12 key science moments of 2016

The Guardian lists The 12 key science moments of 2016.

1. World Health Organisation declares a public emergency of international concern over Zika
2. SpaceX demonstrates a big step towards fully reusable space craft
3. Portugal is entirely powered by renewable energy for four days
4. New reserves of helium discovered
5. Confirmation of the discovery of a nearby habitable planet
6. Our last universal common ancestor gets a makeover
7. The legacy of a celebrated neuroscientist is contested
8. Greenland sharks live for a very long time
9. CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere passes 400 parts per million
10. A bad marriage can lead to an early death
11. Arctic and Antarctic sea ice volumes both fall to an all-time low
12. Scientists modify photosynthesis to boost crop yield

Then again, Michael Mann wrote in the Washington Post, I’m a scientist who has gotten death threats. I fear what may happen under Trump.

Also, The Arctic could end a year of record-breaking temperatures with a heat wave. “In a year of record-high temperatures and record-low sea ice, the Arctic appears poised to witness another frightening scenario: temperatures at the North Pole so high that they might even swing above freezing, something not typically seen until May.”