Editing 2016 (section)

=== September ===
* [[September 1]] &ndash; An [[Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016|annular solar eclipse]] was visible from Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.
* [[September 3]] &ndash; The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's [[Greenhouse gas|carbon emissions]], both formally join the [[Paris Agreement|Paris global climate agreement]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-37265541|title=Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification|work=BBC News|date=2016-09-03|access-date=2016-09-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903040316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-37265541|archive-date=September 3, 2016}}</ref>
* [[September 8]] &ndash; NASA launches [[OSIRIS-REx]], its first [[Sample return mission|asteroid sample return mission]]. The probe visited [[101955 Bennu|Bennu]] from [[2018]] to [[2021]] and would return samples to Earth on September 24, [[2023]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-speeds-toward-asteroid-rendezvous|title=NASA's OSIRIS-REx Speeds Toward Asteroid Rendezvous|publisher=NASA|date=2016-09-08|access-date=2016-09-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909150637/http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-speeds-toward-asteroid-rendezvous/|archive-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37309903|title=Asteroid probe begins seven-year quest|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|work=BBC News|date=2016-09-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909020147/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37309903|archive-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/osiris-rex/|title=OSIRIS-REx|publisher=NASA|date=2024-01-08|access-date=2024-01-17}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The government of [[North Korea]] conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest [[September 2016 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]]. World leaders condemn the act, with [[South Korea]] calling it "maniacal recklessness".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/08/asia/north-korea-seismic-activity/|title=North Korea claims successful test of nuclear warhead|last1=Hunt|first1=Katie|last2=Kwon|first2=K.J.|last3=Hanna|first3=Jason|publisher=CNN|date=2016-09-09|access-date=2016-09-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909142815/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/08/asia/north-korea-seismic-activity|archive-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref>
* [[September 28]]
** International investigators conclude that [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] was shot down by a [[Buk missile system|Buk missile]] that came from an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/@96068/jit-flight-mh17-shot/|title=JIT: Flight MH17 was shot down by a BUK missile from a farmland near Pervomaiskyi|publisher=[[Openbaar Ministerie]]|date=2016-09-28|access-date=2016-10-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061625/https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/@96068/jit-flight-mh17-shot/|archive-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref>
** [[Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere|Global {{CO2}} levels]] exceed 400 ppm at the time of year normally associated with minimum levels.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/the-world-passes-400ppm-carbon-dioxide-threshold-permanently|title=The world passes 400ppm carbon dioxide threshold. Permanently|work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|last=Kahn|first=Brian|date=2016-09-28|access-date=2016-10-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023211558/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/the-world-passes-400ppm-carbon-dioxide-threshold-permanently|archive-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> A 400 ppm level is believed to be higher than anything experienced in human history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://phys.org/news/2013-05-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-historic-high.html|title=Greenhouse gas level highest in two million years, NOAA reports|work=Phys.org|date=2013-05-10|access-date=2016-11-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104000518/http://phys.org/news/2013-05-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-historic-high.html|archive-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] &ndash; Two paintings by [[Vincent van Gogh]] with a combined value of $100&nbsp;million, ''[[Seascape at Scheveningen]]'' and ''[[Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen]]'', are recovered after having been stolen on December 7, 2002, from the [[Van Gogh Museum]] in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37516164|title=Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam found in Italy|date=2016-09-30|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707152846/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37516164|archive-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref>