Earth Day 1970–2022: What's Changed?

The first Earth Day was in 1970. What’s changed since? Our population has doubled. We’re emitting 2.6 times more CO2. Sea levels have risen 12 centimeters. But the world has also changed for the better. See how our actions since 1970 have added up.

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VIDEO CREDITS

Executive Producer
AMNH/V. Trakinski

Writer/Producer
AMNH/L. Moustakerski

Animator
AMNH/S. Krasinski

Sound Design
AMNH/J. Morfoot

Scientific Advisors
AMNH/A. Porzecanski
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation

DATA SOURCES

Climate Action Tracker
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
CSIRO
Endangered Species International
EPA, America’s Children and the Environment, 2015
EPA, Our Nation’s Air: Trends Through 2015
IEA
IPCC, Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report, 5th Assessment
IUCN Red List 2022
NASA
NOAA
NPS
Our World in Data
UN Environment Programme, Ozone Secretariat
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
UN, World Population Prospects 2019

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