From its earliest days of sounding rockets and balloon-borne instruments, to Apollo and Hubble and missions to Mars, NASA explores. This mission of exploration has also always focused on our own corner of the universe, Earth – The Home Frontier. It still holds a world of knowledge we’ve yet...
May
01
Earth Days
In the days leading up to Earth Day 2012, the Ecology Global Network focuses on the positive, and takes this opportunity to honor the beauty and grandeur of this planet we call home.
Started in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, the Earth Day movement was set...
Apr
17
Notable Events
This is not a task for the faint-hearted! How to choose the most notable Ecology events for our year in review, in the year Earth reached 7 billion souls? How to move beyond the media hype and find the events that matter? There are hundreds, even thousands of events to sort through,...
Dec
20
Earth is located in the outer edge of our galaxy, called the Milky Way. It is about 28,000 light years from the galactic center and is part of a Solar System that includes seven other known planets. Earth is the only known planet with the ability to sustain life as we know it. The Milky Way is one...
Sep
14
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver...
Sep
14
Planet Earth — in motion.
Timelapse ice flows over the Arctic, billowing storm clouds over the Caribbean and beautiful blooming algae off the west coast of Southern Africa.
BDH‘s meticulous work involved stitching many high resolution photographs from NASA, to create these real images...
Sep
13
In early January each year, Earth reaches its closest distance to sun. At this time, the northern hemisphere experiences winter while the southern hemisphere experiences summer. The Earth travels to its farthest point from the sun at the beginning of July each year, when it is summer in the...
Sep
10
Earth is the only planet we know of that can support life. This is an amazing fact, considering that it is made out of the same matter as other planets in our solar system, was formed at the same time and through the same processes as every other planet, and gets its energy from the sun.
To a...
Sep
10
