The official Bluesky account for Earth Science Week.
An American Geosciences Institute (@agi-updates.bsky.socialโฌ) program linking the public and Earth science. ๐ https://www.earthsciweek.org/
Earth Science Week
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๐ฟ June 22 is #WorldRainforestDay!
#Rainforests absorb CO2, stabilize climate patterns, & are home to 1/2 the worldโs plant & animal species. Yet every second, 1.5 hectares of rainforest is lost...
๐ Learn, share, & support the people protecting them: www.worldrainforestday.org/
Photo: Mandy Choi
Itโs the longest day of the year, so thereโs time to celebrate today's events๐
โ๏ธ #SummerSolstice: Recognizing the effect of Earth's tilt on the seasons!
๐ #WorldHydrographyDay: The science of describing oceans, lakes, & rivers!
๐จ & Happy #FathersDay to all the dads out there!
Photo: Isaac Sloman
Worlds literally collide this week with the #GreatAmericanInterchange! ๐
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
June 17 is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought ๐๐๏ธ๐ชพ
This year's theme is "Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restoreโ.
Up to half of the world's rangelands are degraded or at risk โ they deserve our attention!
๐ Learn more: www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026
#Rangelands
๐จ 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
Lucy in the ground, permineralized? Why yes, our 3-million-year-old greatx100 grandma was named after the #Beatles song! ๐๐ถ
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
Teachers, join the #EarthScienceInformationPartners' (ESIP) July Meeting K-12 Teachers Workshop on Thursday, July 30!
โ $20 gets you access to the K-12 Workshop + an 8-hour PD certificate
โ In-person attendees get breakfast & lunch
See the agenda, & register: buff.ly/5Kbep0H
#stemeducation
Happy National Iced Tea Day!
Celebrate how Earth's systems have contributed to every sip! ๐ง๐โ๏ธ
Photos modified from by Dewi Ika Putri, Ritexh Raj, Alonso Romero, and Mohammed Babikir on Unsplash (in order of appearance)
Today is #WorldOceansDay, & this yearโs theme is #reimagine ๐
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
๐ฆ Itโs #CaveWeek!
#Stalactites, ancient fossils, rare creatures found nowhere else, aquifers that supply drinking waterโฆ #caves are doing a lot out there in the dark ๐๐๐ฆ
๐ Resources here:
nckri.org/cave-week/ (organized by #EarthScienceWeekPartner, the National Cave & Karst Research Institute)