Mars Year 36 begins on February 7, 2021. If you’re looking for a reason to celebrate, here’s to a Happy New Year … on Mars. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/mars-calendar-years-began-in-earth-year-1955…
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Return of an extremely elongated cloud on Mars
A mysteriously long, thin cloud has again appeared over the Arsia Mons volcano on Mars. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/return-elongated-arsia-mons-volcanco-cloud-mars-july2020…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – April 2020
By Adam Lewis, Skills Transformation Consultant As we continue to adapt to the new norm, here are 114 new courses and projects to pick out what’s important to you. You can try out Yale’s latest insights on why your Facebook friend is wrong about the stats they’re sharing. Or find your purpose with Michigan’s course […]
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Air Pollution Falls By Unprecedented Levels In Major Global Cities During Coronavirus Lockdowns
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Lockdowns restricting travel and industry imposed to halt the spread of coronavirus have resulted in unprecedented reductions in deadly air pollution around the world, new analysis shows. Major cities that suffer from the world’s worst air pollution have seen reductions of deadly particulate matter by up to 60% from the previous year, during…
Intel’s Project Corail Monitors Coral Reef Health With AI
To commemorate Earth Day, Intel — in partnership with Accenture and Sulubaai Environmental Foundation, a Philippine-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting Palawan’s natural resources — detailed Project Corail, an AI-powered platform that monitors and analyzes the resiliency of coral reefs. From a report: Since its launch in May 2019, it’s collected 40,000 images of the reef surrounding Pangatalan Island, which researchers have…
Why celebrate Earth Day? Here are 12 reasons.
12 scientists share amazing facts about Earth for Earth Day’s 50th anniversary. Source: https://www.livescience.com/earth-day-50th-anniversary.html
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which catalyzed action to protect the environment, not just in the US but internationally. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/first-earth-day-50th-anniversary-april22-2020…
Earth Day: How a pillar of the green movement was born 50 years ago
Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, often spoken of as the birth of the green movement. Denis Hayes helped coordinate the first event, and speaks to New Scientist about its impact Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2241065-earth-day-how-a-pillar-of-the-green-movement-was-born-50-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Earth Day at 50: How an idea changed the world and still inspires now
Coronavirus will overshadow Earth Day’s golden anniversary, but the movement’s successes are worth celebrating, says Gary Paul Nabhan Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632784-200-earth-day-at-50-how-an-idea-changed-the-world-and-still-inspires-now/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Happy Earth Day 2016! Our Favorite Ways To Celebrate Nature
Hey homesteaders! Today is one of my favorite days of the year: Earth Day. Where would we be without Mother Earth? The grass wouldn’t be green, the sky wouldn’t be blue, and the birds certainly wouldn’t be chirping. We’d just be a big vast void like all the other much more boring planets in our solar…Continue Reading
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