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. #EarthDay #ClimateChange #Environment 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 This video and all media incorporated herein (including text, images, and audio) are the property of the American Museum of Natural History or its licensors, all rights reserved. The Museum has made this video available for your personal, educational use. You may not use this video, or any part of it, for commercial purposes, nor may you reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works from, or publicly display it without the prior written consent of the Museum. © American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY