#earth day

[ursiday]

Earth

[stealingpotatoes]

happy earth day!! feat. earth's most popular bird

[nasa]

Night and (Earth) Day

This image, released in celebration of Earth Day, shows the terminator – the line between night and day – on Earth. The Artemis II astronauts captured this view on April 2, 2026, during their journey to the Moon.

NASA science improves life on Earth every day. We provide insights on our home planet that can only be gathered from space, which can then be used for disaster response, farming, and more. In addition, our observations of Earth and the technologies we develop provide the foundation needed to explore and sustain human life on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Download this year's Earth Day poster.

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[ghostiiest]

ur fav aliens wish u a happy earth day

[bebx]

OH THIS IS ACTUALLY SUPER COOL 🥹 quick everyone go write your name here!

Type your name and see it spelled out in stunning Landsat satellite imagery. Explore Earth from space, letter by letter, with NASA and USGS

LOOK HOW PRETTY <3

[montereybayaquarium]

Celebrando los delfines de Risso este Día de la Tierra

ES: En este Día de la Tierra, celebramos una victoria para el océano con los delfines de Risso.🐬 Hace algunos años, estos delfines quedaban atrapados en grandes cantidades como pesca accidental, resultando heridos o muriendo en las redes de pesca de atún. Afortunadamente, las estrictas regulaciones  promulgadas en 2009 llevaron al desarrollo de prácticas de pesca de atún más seguras para los delfines en Estados Unidos, lo que ayudó a que sus poblaciones se recuperaran.

Hoy, los delfines de Risso son una presencia común en las aguas de la Bahía de Monterey. Se pueden ver con frecuencia por las embarcaciones de observación de ballenas e incluso por los visitantes desde nuestras terrazas.

Actualmente, esta especie está clasificada como de «Preocupación Menor» según la @IUCN, un poderoso recordatorio de que las políticas y la acción pueden generar un cambio real.

Elegir productos del mar sostenibles protege tanto al océano como a las personas que dependen de él para subsistir.

¡Cuéntanos qué es lo que más te gusta de estos delfines maravillosos!

EN: On this Earth Day, we’re celebrating an ocean win with Risso’s dolphins.🐬These dolphins were once lost in large numbers as bycatch, accidentally harmed and killed in tuna fishing nets. Thankfully, strong legal regulations enacted in 2009 led to the development of more dolphin-safe tuna fishing practices in the United States, helping their populations rebound.

Today, Risso’s dolphins are a common sight in the pristine waters of Monterey Bay, often spotted by whale watching boats or even by guests on our back deck.

This species is now listed as a species of “Least Concern” according to the @IUCN–a powerful reminder that policy and action can make real change. Choosing sustainable seafood protects the ocean and people who depend on it.

Tell us what you love about these dolphins!

[hylianengineer]

Hey, happy Earth Day! Who wants to talk about climate change?

Yeah, okay, fair, I kinda figured the answer to that would be "ugh do we have to?" What if I told you I have good news though? Good news with caveats, but still good news.

What if I told you that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, we've avoided a whole degree celsius of global warming by 2100, or maybe more?

Current projections are 2.7C, which is way better than the 3-5C (with a median of 3.7C) we were expecting in 2015. It's not where we want to be - 1.5C - but it is big, noticeable progress!

And it's not like we either hit 1.5C and avoid all the big scary consequences or fail to hit 1.5C and get all of them - every tenth of a degree of warming we avoid is going to prevent more severe problems like extreme weather, sea level rise, etc.

This means that climate change mitigation efforts are having a noticeable impact! This means a dramatically better, safer future - and if we keep pushing, we could lower the amount of global warming we end up with even further. This is huge progress, and we need to celebrate it, even though the fight isn't over.

It's working. Keep going.

[gifs-of-puppets]

Happy Earth Day