Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. American Gaylord Nelson launched the first Earth Day in 1970. His aim was to urge local action and increase people’s understanding of our planet and its environment. The creation of Earth Day is widely considered the beginning of the modern environmental movement. As climate activists marked the event this year, an unplanned experiment is changing the planet. Many people continue to stay at home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. As a result, people are making less pollution, and the air has become cleaner. Smog stopped covering New Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities. Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the northeastern United States has dropped 30 percent. Air pollution levels in Rome have dropped 49 percent compared to a year ago. Stars seem more visible at night.
Title: As People Stay Home, Earth Turns Wilder and Cleaner
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4135/4.24.20b.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='As People Stay Home, Earth Turns Wilder and Cleaner' data-article-id='4639'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5104'>Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.</span> <span data-start-time='5104' data-end-time='12583'> American Gaylord Nelson launched the first Earth Day in 1970.</span> <span data-start-time='12583' data-end-time='22458'>His aim was to urge local action and increase people’s understanding of our planet and its environment.</span> <span data-start-time='22458' data-end-time='31646'>The creation of Earth Day is widely considered the beginning of the modern environmental movement.</span> <span data-start-time='31646' data-end-time='41646'>As climate activists marked the event this year, an unplanned experiment is changing the planet.</span> <span data-start-time='41646' data-end-time='49000'>Many people continue to stay at home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.</span> <span data-start-time='49000' data-end-time='56583'>As a result, people are making less pollution, and the air has become cleaner.</span> <span data-start-time='56583' data-end-time='63563'>Smog stopped covering New Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities.</span> <span data-start-time='63563' data-end-time='71333'>Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the northeastern United States has dropped 30 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='71333' data-end-time='78771'>Air pollution levels in Rome have dropped 49 percent compared to a year ago.</span> <span data-start-time='78771' data-end-time='80354'>Stars seem more visible at night.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4135/4.24.20b.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=14824 data-hint-location='12583' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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