On Origins
The first Earth Day was celebrated in America on April 22, 1970, with 20 million people taking to the streets to protest the industrial revolution.
By the Numbers
Tropical rainforests only cover about 6 percent of the Earth's surface but are home to more than half the world's total plant and animal species.
Quotable
by Iris Murdoch, British author and philosopher (1919-1999)
"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."
Prime Coverage
The Pacific Ocean, the world's largest water body, occupies a third of the Earth's surface.
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