Which countries are best prepared for climate change?

With the COP21 climate summit coming up in December, and 2015 well on its way to becoming the hottest year in recorded history, interest is growing in measures to tackle global warming.

End Ecocide in Europe!

End Ecocide in Europe is a grass-roots initiative aimed at protecting ecosystems on which we all depend for life. To achieve that, severe cases of environmental destruction should be recognised as crime for which those responsible can be held accountable. This crime has a name: Ecocide.

16 Sept: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

Every year on September 16 is celebrated the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer , in remembrance of September 16, 1987 , when representatives of 24 countries signed the Montreal Protocol (resolution 49/114), pledging to reduce those chemicals that destroy ozone layer.

Can you hear the earth breathing?

Have you ever thought the earth as an organism that not only reacts to the human intervention but also breathes? What you would say if you could see those breaths? Now you can! Thanks to  the tremendous folks of the NASA Visible Earth team and John Nelson.

Green Tour of Earth (video)

Although 75% of the planet is a relatively unchanging ocean of blue, the remaining 25% of Earth’s surface is a dynamic green. Data from the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite is able to detect these subtle differences in greenness.

Water in the Anthropocene: Warnings regarding adequacy of water (video)!

Hundreds of scientists, water experts, who participated in a conference in Germany, warned that over the next 40 years, a majority of the inhabitants of the planet will face a problem regarding the access to adequate amounts of clean water.

From One Earth Day to the Next

Now that Earth Day is behind us, let’s take a moment to reflect on what is happening to our planet. Each day the choices we make and the lifestyles we lead have consequences on our fragile ecosystem.

NASA | Earth from Orbit 2012

A video with the best views of the Earth from space in 2012,  including true color satellite images from the International Space Station (ISS) , Earth science data visualizations, time lapses from the International Space Station, and computer models released by NASA on 02 April 2013.

Let me introduce you our planet!

Nile River Delta at Night

1. The Nile River is the longest river on Earth.  It measures 4,160 miles in length.

2. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth.  It’s peak measures 29,029 feet above sea level.

3. The lowest point on Earth is the Dead Sea measuring 1,302 feet below seal level.

4. The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth.

Earth hour 2013

Millions of people around the world switch off their lights for Earth Hour at 8.30pm (20:30) in their local times on the last Saturday of March each year. In 2013, Earth Hour occurs one week earlier, on March 23 which is today. Join the global community at www.earthhour.org and find out how you can be the inspiration for the change you want to see in the world.