During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest ...

Summer officially began Friday in the Northern Hemisphere with the longest daylight of the year at around 15 hours.

T hey say that two minds are better than one, but in The Alters, that's not exactly true. Two more minds – admittedly clones ...

By Adeleke TowolawiWhen I first encountered this year’s World Environment Day (WED) theme — “Ending Plastic Pollution” — I took a moment to reflect on its significance. Over the past two years, I have ...

Every month on Earth Matters, we offer a puzzling satellite image. The June 2025 puzzler is shown above. Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us where it is, what we are looking at, ...

Related: This Whimsical Roadside Attraction in California is the Stuff of Childhood Dreams The desert can be surprisingly chilly in winter mornings, but by afternoon, the sun usually provides perfect ...

Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...

About 400 people endured the early morning heat to participate in the 4th Annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup, held Saturday morning at the Gov. Joseph Flores Beach Park, commonly known ...

Media reports also state that China’s Three Gorges Dam, built on the Yangtze River, is also one of the reasons why Earth is not able to rotate to its full speed, causing an increase in the day ...

The theme for Earth Day 2025 is OUR POWER, OUR PLANET, and that's why we decided to power up our Ecolution Podcast offering with a new YouTube panel discussion.

Earth Day turns 50, and the green movement faces fresh challenges By Michael Casey, Tammy Webber, Associated Press Black, brown and poor communities suffer disproportionately from ongoing ...