One week in office: President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and green jobs, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Screen capture from the U.S. Geological Survey website showing the location of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00qxtxcn/map]
Demonstrators wave their protest signs during a climate march in downtown Chicago on April 29, 2016, assembled to protest U.S. environmental policies. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) **FILE**
The Olympic flame burns during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The Olympic flame burns during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
2020 could be one of the worst years ever, but nevertheless, Gallup’s Positive Experience Index suggests many people have remained resilient through the planet’s "dark days." (NASA)
The wee WISA Woodsat — a satellite built of birch plywood — has successfully completed an inaugural trip to space and will embark on a serious mission in November. (Image courtesy of UPM)