Today marks the second-ever World Reef Day, an observance created to help focus global attention on the deteriorating health of our planet"s vital reef systems, and also to help marshal efforts to help them recover. Why should we care about the health of ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef, seen in this photo? Because reefs are an easy indicator of how healthy our oceans are. And right now, reefs aren"t doing too well. What can we do? Learn about reefs—not just the dangers that put healthy reefs at risk, but why reefs are such a critical part of Earth"s greater ecosystems.
The largest living organism on Earth
Today in History
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Homeward bound
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Presidents Day
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Winter at Valley Forge
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The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
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Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
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National Mountain Climbing Day
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A day of death and rebirth
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
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Bald cypress trees in Georgia
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Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Tough turf
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Is that a buzzing sound?
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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Anniversary of the British Museum
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Celebrating the first day of spring
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A goldie gala
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A misty morning in Brazil
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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New Orleans for Mardi Gras
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Defying gravity on a swing ride
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Groundhog Day
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Once upon a time there was a bridge…
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