There are a variety of holidays to celebrate throughout the month of April, including Earth Day, which falls on Wednesday, April 22, this year. A day dedicated to our planet, Earth Day is recognized ...

Here’s an Earth Day fact everyone should know: Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970, followed in 1972 by World Environment Day. It has been celebrated ever since, slowly but surely picking ...

Earth Day is one of the most popular and widespread nonreligious holidays in the world. Although the event was primarily based in the United States, by 2009 the coordinators for Earth Day helped gain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth partially illuminated, displaying continents and clouds, floating in dark space scattered with distant stars. …and sometimes ...

9. On Earth Day in 2011, people planted 28 million trees in Afghanistan as part of a "Plant Trees Not Bombs" campaign. 10. Since the first Earth Day, average annual temperatures in the contiguous ...

A college student in a gas mask "smells" a magnolia blossom during the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 in New York City. Credit - AP More than 8 billion peopleinhabit Earth, and soon a springtime ...

You might know that Saturday, Apr. 22 is Earth Day, but where did it come from and why do we celebrate? Here are some interesting facts about this worldwide celebration that’s been going on for more ...

JACKIE. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT’S A REALLY NICE DAY OUT HERE. OF COURSE, WE’VE GOT THE SUN SHINING ON THIS EARTH DAY. A LITTLE BREEZY, SO MY HAIR HAS BEEN KIND OF GOING HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE. A ...

Earth Day is one of the most popular and widespread non-religious holidays in the world, recognized in over 100 nations across continents. Although the event was primarily based in the United States, ...

…and sometimes we may forget just how incredible our home of planet Earth really is. From towering waves to supervolcanos, there is so much more to Earth than the basics we’re taught in school. Get ...