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Environmental Date Date(s) National Bird Day: January 5 International Zebra Day: January 31 World Wetlands Day: February 2 World Ostrich Day [3] [4] February 2 World Marmot Day [5] [6] February 2 World Pangolin Day [7] [8] Third Saturday of February World Whale Day [9] Third Sunday of February World Bonobo Day [10] [11] [12] February 14 World ...
Extreme fire risk was predicted for areas near Mount Lofty in South Australia, which was worsened by predictions of dry thunderstorms. [ 1 ] Tasmania was forecasted to have dry thunderstorms , inland winds of 50–60 km/h and coastal gusts potentially reaching 90 km/h, raising concerns about lightning-sparked fires under the concurrent heatwave ...
This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment of Earth in 2024.They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues.
Environment portal; These articles relate to the natural environment in the year 2024. They include the human impact on the environment, environmental law, nature conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (5–16 June 1972), that had resulted from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment. One year later, in 1973, the first WED was held with the theme "Only One Earth".
20 November: a study published in Environmental Research: Climate, applied to 2024 Atlantic hurricanes to date, estimated that climate change's increase of water temperatures intensified peak wind speeds in all eleven such hurricanes by 9–28 mph (14–45 km/h), including Helene (16 mph (26 km/h)) and Milton (24 mph (39 km/h)).
International Day for Biological Diversity; International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict; International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer; International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies; International Day of Forests; International Mother Earth Day; International Noise Awareness Day
By 1993, the campaign was focusing more strongly on sorting the rubbish collected into recyclables, [15] and Kiernan was using Clean Up Australia Day to advocate for changes to legislation surrounding reduction of packaging and returning packaging to companies. [16] In 1994, over 8,000 sites were cleaned up as part of the day. [17]