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A Seattle park is turning Earth Week cleanup into a celebration, inviting volunteers to help restore the green space before gathering around a fire for s'mores. After Girl Scouts and local groups kicked off the week, Camp Long wants more neighbors to join the effort.
The BBC's groundbreaking nature documentary series Planet Earth turns 20 this year, marking two decades of bringing never-before-seen wildlife moments into our homes. The network just released an hour-long compilation celebrating iconic scenes that changed how we see our world.
Downtown Hagerstown is inviting residents to roll up their sleeves and plant spring flowers across the city center this Earth Day week. Two community events will bring neighbors together to refresh planters and brighten public spaces.
The groundbreaking nature documentary series Planet Earth is marking its 20th anniversary with a celebration of the most breathtaking wildlife moments ever filmed. Among the highlights: the extraordinary courtship dance of New Guinea's birds of paradise.
Chinese artist Kong Ning turned heads in Beijing this week, wearing a costume made entirely of balloon dinosaurs topped with greenery to celebrate World Earth Day. For over a decade, she's used her body as a canvas to spark conversations about protecting our planet.
Scientists discovered Earth's core contains enough hydrogen to equal 45 oceans of water, suggesting our planet formed with water already inside rather than getting it from comets. This breakthrough helps solve the mystery of where Earth's water really came from.
Scientists discovered two massive zones of superheated rock deep inside Earth that help control our planet's protective magnetic shield. This breakthrough explains mysteries about how Earth stays geologically active and magnetically protected.
Scientists discovered Earth's core may contain up to 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen, making it the planet's largest water reservoir. This finding rewrites our understanding of how Earth got its water during the earliest days of planetary formation.
What began as a single day of protest in 1938 has blossomed into a week-long celebration of Indigenous Australian culture, recognition, and achievement. NAIDOC Week now marks 50 years as a national celebration, bringing together communities across Australia to honor the past and inspire the future. #
More than 2,000 prisoners in Cuba are returning home to their families this week in what authorities call a humanitarian gesture. The release during Holy Week brings hope to thousands of Cuban families awaiting emotional reunions.
Japan just made a breakthrough that could end its dependence on imported rare earth minerals. The nation successfully collected rare earth mud from 6,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean near a remote island.
Scientists discovered that a nearby exoplanet in the habitable zone is more Earth-like than they thought. The planet, twice Earth's mass instead of five times, is now a top candidate for potentially supporting life.
Scientists discovered Earth's core contains vastly more hydrogen than all the oceans combined, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery. This breakthrough reveals our planet has been hiding its biggest hydrogen reservoir right at its center all along.
Scientists say our planet has a better shot at surviving the sun's fiery death than we thought. New calculations suggest Earth could drift to safety as the dying sun loses mass.
Earth's moon will be visible gliding through the daytime sky all week, offering a stunning celestial show that anyone can enjoy without special equipment. Look east at midday starting April 22 to catch the crescent moon alongside Jupiter.
BBC Earth just dropped a three-hour nature documentary featuring never-before-seen moments like chameleons giving birth to live babies, all narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The stunning collection brings 50 years of the world's most incredible wildlife footage to screens everywhere.
A New Zealand rocket just delivered another eye in the sky that can see through clouds and darkness. Japan's growing satellite network is getting closer to providing real-time Earth images to users worldwide.
Planet Labs just proved satellites can use AI to detect objects in space and send alerts to Earth in minutes instead of hours. The breakthrough turns orbiting cameras into an intelligent early warning system for disasters and emergencies.
A new satellite company just proved it can track changes on Earth every single day with unprecedented accuracy. After months of testing, EarthDaily is ready to launch six more satellites in May, bringing daily global coverage online by summer 2026.
For decades, scientists believed comets or asteroids delivered Earth's water. Now breakthrough research suggests our planet may have made its own oceans from scratch.
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