--- description: Google's doodle for Earth Day sends a pertinent message about climate change with a story about a fox title: Google's Earth Day Doodle Sends an Urgent Message About Climate Change image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338a1ba4c6530f85/6988c4087cdbac6b46d58082/edtap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google's Earth Day Doodle Sends an Urgent Message About Climate Change by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Apr 21, 2017 10:28 PM CUT  Google by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Apr 21, 2017 10:28 PM CUT [Google’s doodle for Earth Day](https://www.google.com/doodles/earth-day-2017 "undefined") sends a pertinent message about climate change as scientists and others gear up for the [March for Science](http://time.com/4736798/march-science-nature-editorial/ "undefined") on Saturday. In a series of illustrations, the Google doodle tells the story of a sleeping fox that has a nightmare about the consequences of climate change, featuring melted icebergs and dead plants. Disturbed, the fox enlists two friends to be more thoughtful about conservation—the trio eat vegetables, grow plants, ride bikes and use solar energy. Google also offered [conservation tips for Earth Day](https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth%20Day%20tips "undefined"), reminding people to turn off lights, plant trees, eat locally sourced food and avoid driving. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4751376/google-doodle-earth-day-tips-climate-change/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4751376/google-doodle-earth-day-tips-climate-change/"},"headline":"Google's Earth Day Doodle Sends an Urgent Message About Climate Change","datePublished":"2017-04-21T22:28:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:02.311Z","description":"Ahead of the March for Science","url":"https://time.com/4751376/google-doodle-earth-day-tips-climate-change/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Google Doodle","Earth Day","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338a1ba4c6530f85/6988c4087cdbac6b46d58082/edtap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338a1ba4c6530f85/6988c4087cdbac6b46d58082/edtap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"edtap","caption":"","creditText":"Google","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4751376/google-doodle-earth-day-tips-climate-change/","name":"Google's Earth Day Doodle Sends an Urgent Message About Climate Change"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch The World March For Science On Earth Day","description":"Scientists prefer to stay above the political fray, but concerns about budget cuts and issues such as climate change have led thousands of scientists and their supporters to join the March for Science in Washington, D.C.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fAQdnzvA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-22T20:47:43.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fAQdnzvA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4751376/google-doodle-earth-day-tips-climate-change/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4751376/google-doodle-earth-day-tips-climate-change/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```