Save The Earth!

Do you know what water pollution is? Have you heard of 'save the turtles?' That stuff about straws and turtles happened so long ago that I bet most people assumed that the problem was fixed, once the commotion died down. But it hasn't! Water pollution is very much still a thing! Waters are still brown and green and filled with junk that people throw in!  Water pollution is caused by people who throw litter into bodies of water, particularly oceans, but lakes and rivers all the same. Sometimes it makes the water change colour and look murky and gross. If water gets too polluted then sometimes you can't even swim in it! Water pollution also kills fish and other sea animals. They may think that the trash is food and then eat it but sometimes it's toxic or poisonous or they choke on it.  Did you know that fish in the North Pacific ingest 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic every year? This can lead to intestinal injury and death! Also, this transfers the plastic up the foo...

Today is Earth Day! I'm very excited about this, so today there's a special post! But don't worry, you will still get your Sunday post. I'm going to tell you some background facts about Earth Day so you guys can tell everyone about it!  In 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day. He wanted this day on the calendars so that people would help save the earth. When he arrived in Washington in 1963, he started his Earth awareness with the act against pesticides. Then, in 1969 he witnessed an oil spill in California and it made him double his effort to start a day about Earth. On April 22nd, 1970, Earth Day was born.  Lots of people don't only celebrate Earth Day, but have the whole week become Earth Week, or even have April be the Earth Month!  Typically, on Earth Day, people plant trees. Not only do trees provide more oxygen and greenery, they also clean the air and cools things down! If you need more convincing to plant a tree, they are proven to increase your p...

Did you know that people are burning down the Amazon Rainforest? Yeah, the big rainforest that practically everyone in the world knows about, is disappearing before our eyes! Farmers want more land for cattle and crops.  They use a technique that they call slash-and-burn to burn it down. They cut down a tree and then burn the stump so that it doesn't grow back. But we need that forest! The forest is home to over 3 million species! There are 2,500 species of trees, one third of all tropical trees that exist on Earth! We can't let all that go. We need to stop them from cutting down the rest of the Amazon Rainforest before it's too late!  The crops they are planting in place on the Amazon Rainforest are rice, citrus fruits, oil palms, coffee, coca, opium, tea, soybeans, cacao, rubber, and bananas. Some of these crops grow better on cleared forest land, so I sort of see why they decided to grow them in place of a ginormous rainforest, but still! Don't they know how many spe...

Scientists have estimated that there are 8.7 million species in the world, but they also estimate that by 2050 there will be 7.7 million species. We lose 150-200 species every day. That's the highest that number has been since the dinosaurs went extinct, 65 million years ago. But the number one cause for this extremely high number is humans. We take their habitats and turn them into cities, we kill, eat, and decorate with them, and it's not okay. That number of 150-200 extinctions a day has to shrink by a LOT. Never eat or kill an endangered species. before you eat meat, unless you're a vegetarian of course, check if the animal it belonged to is endangered.  Did you know that the giant panda, tiger, and blue whale are all endangered? And that's not even close to all of them! Those are just three of the most commonly known animals that are endangered. Do you know about the solenodon or the kakapo? They are rare endangered species. The solenodon was endangered by stray do...

Have you heard about COVID-19 but don't want to wear a mask? Are you scared of corona but don't even know what it does to you? If you've asked something remotely similar to these questions, you should read this article. Even if you haven't asked yourself or someone else these questions, it would still be good to read this. I want coronavirus gone as soon as possible. It's holding everyone back from success! First of all, yes, corona is dangerous. Wearing a mask will help prevent yourself from getting it. But some people don't wear masks. It's now the law in my area of the world to wear a mask if you're over five years old and have no medical conditions that don't let you wear one. 2.64 million people have died from coronavirus worldwide while I write this. While you read this post, however, the number is probably more. I have no estimate for what I think the number may be. You should search up something along the lines of 'Covid deaths so far,...