And there are plenty of interesting Earth Day facts to learn! But, first, a little background. Earth Day falls on April 22 each year (a Tuesday in 2025) and is a day to raise awareness about the ...

In honor of Earth Day, the Giraffe Blog has put together 50 awesome facts about space, the atmosphere, the sea, and what's under the earth. It's an easy reminder that our Blue Marble is an ...

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 ...

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in ... orbits the sun and rotates as it does so, causing the day and night cycle. As well as rotating, the Earth has a tilt ...