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In 2025, the twin threats of selective news avoidance and news fatigue are still major challenges for journalists who must sustain interest in stories about Gaza, Ukraine and other difficult issues. News executives say strategies that work include better explanation of complex stories and more solutions-oriented or constructive approaches to storytelling. But they face continuing economic headwinds, competition from rapacious AI interfaces and battles to protect intellectual property in the face of piracy.
Many people believe that the end of the world is imminent, but predictions differ as to when and how it will happen. During and leading up to the year 2000, there were widespread fears of a Y2K computer bug that would cause computers around the world to crash at midnight. Other forecasters predicted that the world would end in a nuclear holocaust, a pole shift or other Earth changes.
Scientists warn that global climate change, driven by increased human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, is not just a future problem but already occurring now. The Earth’s climate is warming, glaciers and ice sheets are melting, and the geographic ranges of plants and animals are shifting. Many of these changes can be linked to rising sea levels, more extreme weather events and droughts.
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