Worlds literally collide this week with the #GreatAmericanInterchange! 🌎
Head to bit.ly/pliocene-ground-sloth to learn more & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday from the Paleo Research Institute collection
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #GroundSloth #Pliocene
Today is #WorldOceansDay, & this year’s theme is #reimagine 🌊
The #ocean is part of our lives, from the air we breathe to the climate balance that makes life possible!
Become an ocean guardian &
join the global movement at worldoceanday.org, coordinated by The Ocean Project.
Images from NOAA
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🌿 June 22 is #WorldRainforestDay!
#Rainforests absorb CO2, stabilize climate patterns, & are home to 1/2 the world’s plant & animal species. Yet every second, 1.5 hectares of rainforest is lost...
🔗 Learn, share, & support the people protecting them: www.worldrainforestday.org/
Photo: Mandy Choi
Lucy in the ground, permineralized? Why yes, our 3-million-year-old greatx100 grandma was named after the #Beatles song! 💎🎶
Head to bit.ly/pliocene-hominin to learn more & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday from the Paleo Research Institute
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil
It’s the longest day of the year, so there’s time to celebrate today's events👇
☀️ #SummerSolstice: Recognizing the effect of Earth's tilt on the seasons!
🌊 #WorldHydrographyDay: The science of describing oceans, lakes, & rivers!
👨 & Happy #FathersDay to all the dads out there!
Photo: Isaac Sloman
Teachers, join the #EarthScienceInformationPartners' (ESIP) July Meeting K-12 Teachers Workshop on Thursday, July 30!
✅ $20 gets you access to the K-12 Workshop + an 8-hour PD certificate
✅ In-person attendees get breakfast & lunch
See the agenda, & register: buff.ly/5Kbep0H
#stemeducation
🦇 It’s #CaveWeek!
#Stalactites, ancient fossils, rare creatures found nowhere else, aquifers that supply drinking water… #caves are doing a lot out there in the dark 🌊💎🦎
🔗 Resources here:
nckri.org/cave-week/ (organized by #EarthScienceWeekPartner, the National Cave & Karst Research Institute)
💨 To celebrate #GlobalWindDay, AGI & My NASA Data invite educators to register for a #webinar on the Earth Systems Data Explorer!
Register now, & you will be sent the link to the webinar's live premiere, which will be on YouTube at 6 PM ET on August 25, 2026.
#STEMeducation #MyNASAData #Data #STEM
Earth Science Week
Earth Science Week
Happy National Iced Tea Day!
Celebrate how Earth's systems have contributed to every sip! 🧋🌎☀️
Photos modified from by Dewi Ika Putri, Ritexh Raj, Alonso Romero, and Mohammed Babikir on Unsplash (in order of appearance)
June 17 is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought 🌍🏜️
This year's theme is "Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore”.
Up to half of the world's rangelands are degraded or at risk – they deserve our attention!
🔗 Learn more: www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026
#Rangelands
