Lowest laboratory induced temperatures:
700 nanokelvins in three dimensions,
250 nanokelvins in two dimensions

Highest laboratory induced temperature:
460 million degrees kelvin

Best measurement of atomic mass
(of several elements):
to 10 decimal places

Deepest life in biosphere:
bacteria 500 meters below the floor of the Pacific

Most plants and animals ever extincted in one year:
over 6,000 species

Most people ever to be threatened by desertification:
up to 900 million persons

Most countries to sign a treaty to
lower greenhouse gas emissions:
155 countries

Most scientists to issue a consensus that greenhouse gasses are the most important force altering our climate:
370 scientists from 80 countries