22nd April. Happy Earth Day

 Today is 22^nd April. Happy Earth Day. 22^nd April is celebrated as “Earth Day”. Earth day celebration is very unique. Earth is a one such planet where flora, fauna exist. Earth is a mother in true sense. Earth tolerate and punishes at the same time. The magnitude at which any natural catastrophe occurs is witnessed during the tsunamis and recent time covid pandemics. Human being the believed to be the intelligent creature on the earth is the worst polluter of earth. Science development, satellite launches, increased atmospheric temperature, ozone layer depletion, impact on coral reefs, glaciers. Every species extinction on the earth created the imbalance in the natural food chain ecosystem. Colonization, world war, extinctive use of natural resources. The first event was held on 22 April 1970. The earth day theme for 2022 is “Invest In Our Planet”. Need of the hour sustainable coexistence. The safer the earth. The safer for living beings.

The industrialization and greediness had brought the terminal changes in the co - existence of the flora and fauna. 2/3^rd of the pollution is claimed to be reason erratic climate change. Before the industrial revolution earth was free from toxic dangerous material flow into the earth source, environment. The phenomenal term “Global Warming” is certainly result of the reliance on the industrial activities. The carbon dioxide and methane can absorb radiation from the sun and have impact on the temperature of the planet. Global warming results in the Rising sea level, rise in earth’s temperature, risk of species of animals becoming extinct, an increase in tsunamis, typhoons, hurricanes, floods and other natural disaster, melting of the ice caps. Increase in pandemics related to cholera, malaria, lyme diseases, covid etc. to increase risk of disease related mortality.

Air Pollution leads to increased risk of developing chronic respiratory disease, lung cancer, heart disease and many other illnesses and conditions. It will impact on the wildlife, species of plants and animals.

Water pollution:   Illegal dumping of contaminated water, gases, chemicals, heavy metals or radioactive materials to water bodies and sources causes damage to sea creatures, marine life.

Soil Pollution:   Landfills filled with chemical wastes and toxic materials can destroy the

The deforestation, hunting had led to the extinct of many fauna species on the earth. The LPG- the Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization opened the access to the so-called developed countries to exploit the resources in the so-called underdeveloped countries in name of development. Whenever the oil spills in the ocean, this will first impact on the sea creatures and living beings in the nearby ecosystem. Birds, fishes, dolphins, sea lions, seals.

People stopped drinking freely available water and started buying the coco-cola, PEPSI and other beverages. While the water is treated as medicine, the carbonated beverages had individual side effect on the person health on the long run. The increased used of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides polluted the water sources, fertility of the soil, health of the people, increase in the mortality rate and the decrease in the life span from 100 years to 60-80 years.

Earth statistics

Surface gravity	9.78m/s^2
Diameter	12,753km / 7926 miles
Mass	5.98 x 10^24 kilograms (6.5e21 tons)
Density	5515 kg/m^3
Maximum distance from sun	146 million km (94.5 million miles)
Orbital Semimajor Axis	1.0 AU
Satellite	1 (the Moon)
Rotation period with respect to Sun (Length of day)	24 hours
Rotation period with respect to stars (Sidereal day)	23 hours 56 min
Revolution period about the sun (Length of a year)	365 days 5 hrs
Tilt of Axis	230 270
Temperature	57.70 C (-1280 F to -1360F)
Average Surface  Temperature (K)	287 K)

 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill; 28^th January 1969 , More than 3 million gallons of oil spewed, killing more than 10000 sea birds, seals, dolphins, sea lions.