Only In It For The Gold

This post will be updated before and after the AMA event.
Some points for discussion
Humans are the dominant force in today’s very rapid climate change.

Usually, looking at a painting, I think, hmm, okay, I wish I could do that, but once in a while I go whooaaa.... wow.... that's... wow...
Not unlike with a great musical performance.
So now, I'm suddenly, inadvertently, a person who writes about art.

Here's the recent temperature trajectory.  Image via RealClimate
There are two things to look at. One is the astonishing temperature spike of the past two years, which ahs no obvious precedent, and is quite likely an ecceleration of some kind.
The second, and the linked article has a lot to say about this, is whether we have already surpassed the 1.5 C warming threshhold that emerged from the Paris Agreement as an "aspiration" for a warming limit....

So I found a graphic online claiming to show all teh states with smaller populations than Los Angeles County, but it was incorrect, as it included Michigan, North Carolina and Georgia.
There are 40 states with populations smaller than Los Angeles County. There are nine Canadian provinces in the same category, the exception being Ontario....