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  2. Leap year - Wikipedia

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    A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year . [ 1 ]

  3. Why do we have a leap year? What would happen if we didn’t ...

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    Check your calendars, California. We get an extra day this month. Whether you’ve realized it or not, 2024 is a leap year.Every four years (typically), a leap year occurs in February — making ...

  4. 2024 is a leap year, but why? Here’s the science behind the ...

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    A year may be a leap year if it is evenly divisible by 4. Years divisible by 100 (century years such as 1900 or 2000) cannot be leap years unless they are also divisible by 400. (For this reason ...

  5. What’s the point of a Leap Year? Why 2024 brings 29 days of ...

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    The year 2000 was a leap year, for example, but the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not. The next time a leap year will be skipped is the year 2100.

  6. Why do we have Leap Year? A guide to the calendar's bonus day

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    For example, leapers born in 1960 will be turning 64 this year, but they will also get to celebrate their Sweet 16. ... This year, Leap Day falls on Thursday, Feb. 29. The next Leap Day will occur ...

  7. List of environmental dates - Wikipedia

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    International year of natural fibres 2010 International year of biodiversity 2011 International year of forest 2012 International year of cooperative (Also celebrated as National year of horticulture) 2013 International year of water cooperation 2014 International year of family farming 2015 International year of soil and Light 2016

  8. List of years in the environment - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of years in the environment. The subjects relate to environmental law , conservation , environmentalism and environmental issues . Some of the more notable events are listed here with a full list on the respective pages.

  9. Leap year 2024: Why we get February 29 this year, and ... - AOL

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    The year 2000 was a leap year, for example, but the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not. The next time a leap year will be skipped is the year 2100," read an article from the Smithsonian.