Every April 22 every year, International Mother Earth Day is celebrated. The purpose of Earth Day is to raise awareness and support for the protection of the environment and biodiversity. The first Earth Day was held in 1970, and it is now celebrated by millions of people in more than 190 countries. In just a
Goethite (pronounced ger-thahyt) is an iron-bearing mineral. It is an important source of iron oxide on Earth. It's also a historically and culturally important mineral for Australia.
It has been used by humans for thousands of years in different forms and continues to support Australia's economy today.
It is generally acknowledged that some urban landscape features, such as green spaces, can offer respite from high temperatures. However, few studies have shown how changing the landscape of a city affects its residents' ability to cope with extreme heat and the effect on mortality.
The environmentalist filmmaker behind A Plastic Ocean and The Last Glaciers talks about his journey, from being inspired by David Attenborough as a child to making documentaries that ‘create awareness’.
Everything changed in the past 40 years, when an explosion of evolutionary studies proved that evolution can and does occur rapidly even from one generation to the next. Evolutionary biologists were thrilled, but the findings reinforced the same paradox: If evolution can happen so fast, then why do most species on Earth continue to appear the same for many millions of years?