April 22nd, 2009
On April 22nd 1970 some 20m Americans joined Senator Gaylord Nelson’s call to celebrate the first Earth Day, an event described in the New York Times as an “interlude of national contemplation of problems and man’s deteriorating environment”. Since then the holiday has expanded in both size and scope. The Earth Day Network estimates that more [...]
April 10th, 2009
A narrow ice bridge connecting Charcot Island and Latady Island—the last remnant of the northern part of Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf—broke apart in early this month. Earth Observatory has some startling photo-like images, which show the break-up of the ice bridge.The ice bridge had been the last intact portion of the northern edge of the [...]
