“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives … on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” –Carl Sagan, 1994
when it captured the iconic
“pale blue dot” photo on Feb. 14, 1990
CARL SAGAN'S "PALE BLUE DOT"
VIDEO SINCE BEING UPLOADED
IN SEPTEMBER 2015.
supporting intelligent life in the galaxy
Sirius, our closest star, to Earth
New York City to Martha’s Vineyard, by ferry
Northeastern U.S. to Mexico to migrate each fall
in 2020, compared with 1980's
to living biomass in 1900: 3%
to living biomass in 2020: >100%
made up of plants: 90
fully/highly protected zones
protected at least 10 percent of marine areas
each year from ingesting microplastics
estimated to originate from our clothes
microplastic filters on all new
washing machines
emitted by global aviation in 2019
Martha’s Vineyard Airport in 2019
Martha’s Vineyard Airport in 2020
sandplains grasslands
that are on the Vineyard
and Nantucket
of conservation interest
in Massachusetts that are
highly dependent on
sandplain grasslands ecosystem
greenhouse gas emissions
from shipping: 3
in global greenhouse
gas emissions if
sails were used: 30
global carbon dioxide emissions due
to COVID-19
in global greenhouse gas emissions
during economic crisis of 2008
global greenhouse gas emissions in 2009
polled who own or are planning to purchase
an electric or hybrid vehicle: 38.8
considering solar power for their homes: 63.3
sustainable practices (cutting down on plastic)
in the past two years: 77.1
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