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09: Third Friday in September. World Cleanup Day [135] 09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September. National Cleanup Day [136] 09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September. International Red Panda Day [137] 09: Third Saturday of September. Zero Emissions Day [138] 09-21: September 21.
Pre-Holocene (1.5 Ma) The time from roughly 15,000 to 5,000 BCE was a time of transition, and swift and extensive environmental change, as the planet was moving from an Ice age, towards an interstadial (warm period). Sea levels rose dramatically (and are continuing to do so), land that was depressed by glaciers began lifting up again, forests ...
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) [1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. [2][1][3] In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco ...
Omai gold mine tailing dam breach in Guyana, 1995. Marcopper mining disaster in the Philippines, March 1996. Doñana disaster, tailings dam breach of the Los Frailes zinc/silver mine in Spain, April 1998. Aitik mine, tailings dam failure in Sweden, September 2000. Martin County sludge spill in Kentucky, October 2000.
This timeline of the history of environmentalism is a listing of events that have shaped humanity's perspective on the environment. This timeline includes human induced disasters, environmentalists that have had a positive influence, and environmental legislation. For a list of geological and climatological events that have shaped human history ...
This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment of Earth in 2022.They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues.
Environmental history, like all historical studies, shares the hope that through an examination of past events it may be possible to forge a more considered future. In particular a greater depth of historical knowledge can inform environmental controversies and guide policy decisions.
The Environmental history of the United States covers the history of the environment over the centuries to the late 20th century, plus the political and expert debates on conservation and environmental issues. [1] The term "conservation" appeared in 1908 and was gradually replaced by "environmentalism" in the 1970s as the focus shifted from ...