July 2025 will be one of the shortest days on record as the Earth will complete its full rotation in slightly less time than ...

For billions of years, the Moon's gravity has been acting like a handbrake slowing down our spin in a process known as 'tidal braking'. Hundreds of millions of years ago, a day on Earth was only about ...

Earth’s prevailing winds are fastest in the northern hemisphere winter, but slowest from June to August, so the summer months ...

Broadly speaking, Earth takes 24 hours to spin around on its axis. Ocean tides, volcanic activity and earthquakes can affect ...

July 9 could be the shortest day of your life as the Earth's accelerating rotation is expected to make today fly by quicker than ever before.

Elsewhere, on Earth Day 2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by over 120 countries, including the US, the UK and China – the most significant climate accord in history.

Earth Day Network was launched in the 2010s. Its goal was to increase climate literacy by the end of the decade. Despite the spread of the COVID-19 virus, on Earth Day 2020, over 100 million ...

We will be partnering across Cape Cod & the Islands on Earth Day and other events during this week. As a Member of the Faith Communities Environmental Network (FCEN) we are the Fa ...

In 2022, Earth recorded its shortest day on June 30, shaving off 1.59 milliseconds from the usual 24 hours. In 2023, the planet's rotation slowed again, and no new records were set.