Global Optimism is steady
An average of 71 percent of respondents across 30 countries said they felt optimistic that the year 2026 will be better for them than the previous 2025.
Apparently, this is the same share as last year and 16 percentage points up from 2023, which had the lowest score on record since the annual survey began.
But that global positive will not be sustained when people get to learn about what lurks under the seas.
Latest reports indicate that oceans have passed a milestone for acidification.
Because of the rise in atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentrations over the past century, more CO2 has been taken up by the ocean, causing it to acidify.
Earth’s ocean area has reportedly become roughly 30 percent more acidic than it was in the pre-industrial age.
Ocean acidification can be described as the reduction in the pH of the sea waters over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere.
The Indian Ocean is no exempt and in fact, it could even fair worse in this respect.
Plus, the waters are getting warming threatening marine species and polar glaciers.
But as the acid levels in water increase, ships and other steel vessels will also be corroding faster, increasing maintenance and replacement costs.
Here are some of other stories of interest in 2026
No More delivered mail in Copenhagen
Denmark first country to end postal service after 401 years.
It followed a 90 percent decline in Denmark’s residents sending letters to each other.
Japan brings back lost teeth
There is a new Japanese drug that can regrow teeth moves to human trials.
After years of animal testing, Japanese scientists are running human trials on a drug that reportedly triggers tooth regrowth.
The monoclonal antibody treatment targets a protein called USAG-1 that naturally inhibits tooth growth, disrupting its function and unlocking the body’s dormant ability to grow new teeth.
Your brain is what you eat
Latest studies reveal that the secret to human intelligence might be in their own gut.
Gut bacteria, according to scientists, can directly influence how the brain develops and functions.
Microbes from large-brained primates boosted brain energy and learning pathways when transferred into mice, suggesting gut microbes may have played a hidden role in shaping the human brain and could influence mental health.