Monthly:April 2020

World Penguin Day 2020

World Penguin Day is celebrated to honour penguins, one of the world’s most unique birds. It coincides with the annual northern migration of the Adelie penguins, which are endemic to Antarctica. Adelie penguins migrate north during the winter in search of food. Then, before summer, Adelie returned to Antarctica for nesting and breeding season. World Penguin day was initiated by the resident scientists working at McMurdo Station, an American research centre on Ross Island. Why do we celebrate World Penguin […]

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Earth Day 2020

Coincidentally, I created my new website on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, April 22nd 2020. By way of history, Earth Day began on April 22nd, 1970, in the USA. It was a way to raise awareness for protecting our environment: clean air, clean water, and protection of endangered species. The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) was also created on the same day. Interestingly, the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was signed on Earth Day 2016. Care For The Earth […]

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