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Don’t Fall for Political Distractions. Saving Our Planet Must Come First
By Robert Redford
Earth Day Google Doodle Celebrates Nature's Diversity
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Google's Earth Day Doodle Sends an Urgent Message About Climate Change
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Stop Trying to Control Nature
We should embrace low-tech solutions to climate change
By Erika Marie Bsumek and Betsy Frederick-Rothwell
April 22, 2016
We Should Celebrate the World's Oceans This Earth Day
Governments have made impressive steps in protecting them—but there's still much more work to be done
By Joshua Reichert
April 22, 2016
8 Eco-Conscious Instagram Accounts to Follow on Earth Day
Each year, April 22 marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970
By TIME Photo
April 22, 2016
Earth Day Quiz: Can You Recognize These Famous Natural Wonders?
From reefs to volcanoes to canyons
By Eliza Berman
April 22, 2016
New Google Doodle Celebrates Earth Day 2016
Earth Day has been observed on April 22 every year since 1969
By Rishi Iyengar
April 21, 2016
Save the Planet With More Energy, Not Less
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
April 22, 2015
How Earth Day Began: With Somber Reflection, and a Few Dump-Ins
April 22, 1970: The first Earth Day is observed
By Jennifer Latson
April 22, 2015
New Google Doodle Celebrates Earth Day 2015
It comes with a nifty little quiz
By Kevin McSpadden
April 22, 2015
This Is the App You Need to Download for Earth Day
It lets you keep a log of your daily energy consumption and tells you how to reduce it
By David Stout
April 21, 2015
NASA Takes #GlobalSelfie
It's probably the biggest selfie ever.
By Alex Fitzpatrick
May 22, 2014
Spending Earth Day at Ground Zero for Climate Change In America
We’ve all seen the iconic Blue Marble photo of the earth from space, the image that launched a thousand nature essays, but Bill Nelson and Piers Sellers are among the few people who have enjoyed...
By Michael Grunwald
April 22, 2014
The Earth Is Changing Rapidly. Can We Change Too?
On Earth Day, we celebrate a planet that has nurtured human life. But it wasn't always so nice—and as the climate changes, it may get worse
By Bryan Walsh
April 22, 2014
Want to Heal the Planet? Make Environmental Degrees Free
A climate-themed version of the 1944 G.I. bill would send kids to college and train a generation of environmental thinkers
By Charlotte Alter
April 22, 2014
Celebrate Earth Day With Today's Animated Google Doodle
It features some of the planet's most beautifully bizarre creatures
By Samantha Grossman
April 22, 2014
Americans Still Hot and Cold Over Global Warming
A new Gallup poll that coincides with Earth Day finds the number of Americans with mixed opinions about global warming has declined from 49 percent in 2001 to 36 percent today, but many have joined the ranks of the skeptics
By Denver Nicks
April 22, 2014
Your Portraits of the Planet Help Celebrate Earth Day
Google+ and TIME teamed up to find beautiful pictures of our planet. Selections made by TIME's photo editors are featured on the massive NASDAQ billboard in Times Square on Earth Day.
By Bryan Walsh
April 22, 2014
April Showers Bring Cosmic Wowzers
Right in time for Earth Day, you can check out the Lyrid Meteor Shower's peak tonight between midnight and dawn local time, either outside in person or watching NASA's livestream. At its height, there will be 20 glowing meteors falling per minute
By Maya Rhodan
April 21, 2014
We Want Your Pictures for Earth Day
Google+ and TIME are teaming up to find beautiful pictures of our planet. Selections made by TIME's photo editors will be featured here on TIME.com on Earth Day
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 16, 2014
Study: Great Barrier Reef Doomed by 2030 Without Immediate Action
The culprit? You guessed it: Carbon emissions
By Per Liljas
March 6, 2014
Chasing Ice: Could Time-Lapse Photography Save the Planet?
A new film shows how the Extreme Ice Survey, led by photographer James Balog, documents climate change.
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