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49. "Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now." — Jackie Speier 50. "Trees are poems that the Earth writes upon the sky." — Khalil Gibran Up Next: ...
Earth’s prevailing winds are fastest in the northern hemisphere winter, but slowest from June to August, so the summer months ...
A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why.
Until 2020, the shortest "length of day" ever recorded by atomic clocks was -1.05 ms, meaning that Earth completed one daily rotation in 1.05 milliseconds less than 86,400 seconds.
Zotov predicts Earth’s rotation may soon decelerate once again. If he’s right, this sudden speeding-up could prove to be just ...
Today is the 55th Earth Day celebrated in the United States.It’s held every year on April 22 — a date originally chosen to fit college students’ schedules. But many may not know how Earth ...
Until 2020, the shortest "length of day" ever recorded by atomic clocks was -1.05 ms, meaning that Earth completed one daily rotation in 1.05 milliseconds less than 86,400 seconds.
Today, there is still momentum behind Earth Day to pass climate change legislation and act on behalf of the environment. In 2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by more than 120 countries ...
Earth Day failed in the sense that our climate challenges have gotten worse, not better, since the first celebration in 1970. Where it succeeded, however, is in bringing people together for a common ...
Earth Day has always been a day that acknowledges our planet, which provides for us, and ways we can protect and preserve its beauty. That being said, here's everything you should know about Earth ...
In 1968, astronauts captured the first color photo of Earth rising over the Moon, viewed live by over 500 million people.
Today is Earth Day, but only a third of Americans see it making a difference for the environment. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 33% of American ...