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It’s #ArbdorDay! The Boreal Forest is home to an astonishing 500 BILLION trees! Circling the top of the world, dense forests of spruce, fir, and pine cover the northern reaches of earth. We call them #borealforests in North America! #OurSustainablePlanet Image: Stephen Loring
Just because Earth Month is coming to an end doesn't mean our responsibility to protect our planet ends as well. Check out some resources from The Smithsonian on how to support #OurSustainablePlanet every day at the link below! s.si.edu/3UhTKVl
Diverse Stories of Resilience: The Power of Community is a part of @EarthOptimism and created in collaboration with @stri_panama. It was made possible by the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative. 🌎 #OurSustainablePlanet #EarthWeek
Most of the world’s biodiversity occurs at small scales! Organisms hide in leaf litter, under river rocks, and in the nooks and crannies of environments. By looking closely at the life in a small area, you can learn how different ecosystems work. #OurSustainablePlanet #EarthWeek
These New Englanders have found a way to help the planet and convert more than 9,000 tons of cow waste annually into electricity. #OurSustainablePlanet bit.ly/3xUUzfg
To earn Bird Friendly certification, cacao must be farmed under a canopy of native shade trees or next to wild forest that a farmer has committed to preserving. #OurSustainablePlanet bit.ly/3JzRp36
Happy Earth Day, and thank you to everyone who made yesterday a success! We welcomed over 2,500 guests to our Earth Day event, Presented by @insideFPL and supported by @FloridaPrepaid. What is one sustainable switch you are making? 🌎 #OurSustainablePlanet #SmithsonianAffiliates
"When coffee is grown sustainably it provides spaces for all of those unique forms of life." - Dr. Ruth Bennett, @SMBC Ecologist Happy #EarthDay! Watch Café y Aves to see how coffee farmers play a vital role in bird conservation: nationalzoo.si.edu/cafe-y-aves #OurSustainablePlanet
Happy #EarthDay! This April has been packed with sustainable activities and @MSUSciFest events! Check out "Art Prints and Poetry" THIS Saturday, where you can make prints and poetry celebrating the recovery of endangered species bit.ly/Art_Poetry #OurSustainablePlanet 🌎
Happy Earth Day! Today and every day we are grateful for the beautiful planet we get to call home💙To learn more about how the Earth works, check out our Learning Zone page "The Sum of Its Parts: Earth as a System" scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/… #OurSustainablePlanet
On the road again! Millions of birds migrate through the Great Lakes every year, using wetlands, forests, shoreline and more than 32,000 islands as stopover sites! Celebrate #EarthWeek with us as we share info from our #BorealForest exhibition! #EarthDay #OurSustainablePlanet
Learn more about Smithsonian Science for Global Goals guide "Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?" here: s.si.edu/SSEC-ClimateAc… #OurSustainablePlanet #EarthOptimism
During year one, we teamed up with @ShoreRivers, @ArundelRivers, Severn River Association and Advocates for Herring Bay. This year, we're expanding the project to Virginia, New York, Florida and California. 📸@SERCfisheries #OurSustainablePlanet #EarthWeek
This #EarthDay, we're celebrating our Oyster Cam volunteers! For the past two years, volunteer boaters have been checking on Chesapeake oyster reefs using underwater GoPro cameras and sharing the footage with our @SERCfisheries lab: sercblog.si.edu/underwater-oys… #OurSustainablePlanet
Our Ocean Conference (#OOC) is here! 🌊 #BlueEconomy #OurOceanGreece #OceanSummit #SaveOurOcean #OurOcean2024 #OurSustainablePlanet
#EarthMonth How much can wetlands fight climate change? Our @CoastalCarbon team created the Coastal Carbon Atlas, with blue carbon data from 15,000 soil cores globally. It's helping nations meet their pledges from the Paris Agreement. #OurSustainablePlanet s.si.edu/3JgoXU0
"For a few cents on our electric bills over the last 10 years, we got this,” Gilmour says, referring to more breathable air. “We also got reductions in asthma. We got increases in how clear our air is." #OurSustainablePlanet
We'll share more stories of hope and possibilities all month. We hope you'll join us in celebrating #OurSustainablePlanet 📸Red-winged blackbird by Kristen Goodhue
Tomorrow night at 7pm ET: What does the inside of a glacier look like? Discover what's happening under the surface of our ice sheets and glaciers, and what they hold for sea level rise, with @Stanford geophysicist Dustin Schroeder: smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #OurSustainablePlanet
What does the inside of a glacier look like? On March 19, join geophysicist Dustin Schroeder for a look at the world through ice-penetrating radar, at our next Life on a Sustainable Planet webinar. Sign up to watch live or on demand: smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #OurSustainablePlanet
