A Sobering Earth Day 2019 

We really, really need to do something about climate change.

Today marks the 50th annual Earth Day, which was first observed in 1970. Vox has collected seven things we’ve learned about our planet in just the past year. Certainly the most important is how little time the world has left to stop the most devestating effects of climate change. At this point, it’s no longer at all clear if society as we know it will survive to reach the 100th Earth Day.