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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain.
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The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution.
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US Congress created the National Park Service.
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Yuri gagarin, an astronaut for the Soviet Union, becomes the first human in space, completing one orbit around the earth on the Vostok 1 spacecraft. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring.
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise.
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Nasa's Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the first astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Micheal Collins on the moon. -
April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established.
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Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force.
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The ISS is a microgravity laboratory which is part of a collaboration between many nations, and is still in orbit. -
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed into orbit, allowing us to see the universe better, and further our understanding of it. -
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol.
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NASA's spirit rover lands on Mars and begins its mission to search for past water activity, and explore the martian surface. -
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft passes by Pluto providing detailed images of the planet and important data. -
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation.
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SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket in the world at the time, on a path to orbit the sun. -
NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon, including the first woman, with the goal being to establish a sustainable presence. -
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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Nasa's Perseverance Rover lands on Mars and begins its mission to search for evidence of past life. -
The James Webb Telescope is launched to observe the universe using infrared wavelengths, which offers important insights to cosmic phenomena.
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