It’s April 22nd and it’s Earth Day

It’s April 22nd and it’s Earth Day. What is Earth Day? Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it […]
Why observe Earth Day on April 22? | EarthSky.org

April 22 is the date of Earth Day in part because of Arbor Day, an earlier observance. The focus of Earth Day 2018 is plastic pollution. Source: Why observe Earth Day on April 22? | EarthSky.org
On World Water Day 2018, Colgate Asks People To Turn Off The Faucet While Brushing

Colgate Teams Up with Michael Phelps and Announces New Sponsorship of the #RunningDry Initiative to Share the Save Water Message
Wild Animal Sanctuary adds 9,004 acres to its Colorado operation

SPRINGFIELD, Colo. /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Wild Animal Sanctuary has completed the purchase of a 9,004-acre ranch located in southeastern Colorado near the agricultural community of Springfield. With more than 460 lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other rescued animals currently residing at the non-profit organization’s facility near Keenesburg, Colorado, the need for additional space drove the organization to seek […]
Searching For The Lexington

Wreckage from the USS Lexington (CV-2) Located in the Coral Sea 76 Years after Sinking During World War II
New Study Finds Sea Level Rise Accelerating

Rising sea levels accelerating, according to NASA/ ESA study.
2017 Was Record Setting for Warmth According to NASA and NOAA

Recently, both NASA and NOAA have come out with separate reports regarding 2017’s record-setting warmth. Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 degrees Celsius) warmer than the […]
Phoenix Sets New Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

After unanimous approval by the city council, the city of Phoenix has set a new ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2012 levels by 2025. The plan is to cut carbon pollution from residents and businesses, continuing the City’s focus on sustainability over the last several years. This reduction goal […]
Electric-Blue Clouds Over Antarctica

There’s an electric blue glow in the skies above Antarctica. The strange glow is coming from noctilucent clouds. That’s according to recent images from NASA’s AIM spacecraft (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere), which monitors these clouds for the whole Earth. The season for night-shining clouds in the Southern Hemisphere is November to April, so they […]
What is a Snowflake?

A snowflake is a single ice crystal that has achieved a sufficient size, and may have amalgamated with others, then falls through the Earth’s atmosphere as snow. Each flake nucleates around a dust particle in supersaturated air masses by attracting supercooled cloud water droplets, which freeze and accrete in crystal form. Complex shapes emerge as the flake moves through differing temperature and humidity zones in the atmosphere, such that individual […]