On this day 11 August in 2010, responding to the “Deep Horizon” disaster, the world’s most trusted news source, The Onion, spoke the truth.

Read it, and weep.
On this day carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 388.54 ppm. Now it is 421ish – but see here for the latest.
Why this matters.
You have to laugh, don’t you? No, I mean, you HAVE to laugh.
What happened next?
The disaster kept happening.