How much of the Earth should we protect to save species from going extinct? Some conservationists have suggested an ambitious number: half of the planet. Prominent biologist Edward O. Wilson, for ...

This Monday, October 23, marks the first-ever Half-Earth Day. The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation and National Geographic timed the event to occur exactly half a year after Earth Day (April 22 ...

EcoSense for Living. Saving Half the Earth. 4/17/2023 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The E.O. Wilson Foundation continues to lead the movement to preserve half the earth..

In other words: the Earth has just half as many animals as it did in 1970. I’ll give you a minute to let that sink in. Courtesy of World Wildlife Fund.

What If. What If the Earth Was Cut in Half? Posted: October 18, 2024 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 "Ripping Earth in half might not mean instantaneous death for everyone on the planet.

When I first learned that October 22 marks Half-Earth Day, I thought it was because the date is six months to Earth Day. (True.) But it’s got a message all its own, writes Lydia Strohl.

A defunct, Soviet-era spacecraft is falling back to Earth uncontrolled, but experts say there’s little cause for alarm. The half-ton craft, known as Kosmos-482, was designed to land on Venus but ...

But there was a time — half a billion years ago, give or take — when Earth’s magnetic field became much weaker. And that magnetic collapse might have actually helped spark an explosion of ...

Letter: Keeping half the Earth free of humans — that’s an idea! on twitter (opens in a new window) Letter: Keeping half the Earth free of humans — that’s an idea! on facebook ...

A defunct, Soviet-era spacecraft is falling back to Earth uncontrolled, but experts say there’s little cause for alarm. The half-ton craft, known as Kosmos-482, was designed to land on Venus but ...

When I first learned that October 22 marks Half-Earth Day, I thought it was because the date is six months to Earth Day. (True.) But it’s got a message all its own, writes Lydia Strohl.