Every feature below is live on EarthNow today.
Ask the planet a question. Earth answers in first person — calm, ancient, grounded. One cinematic moment, not a chat.
Four one-tap starter questions. Personalized to your era when a birth year is set.
Real-time data across population, climate, money, technology, and civilization.
A different opening every visit. 40 unique stats, letter-by-letter animation.
People, Energy, Planet, Food, Technology — each with tabbed storytelling.
Enter your birth year. See what the planet spent — including poop produced.
Your lifetime as one cinematic sentence: the world's population when you arrived, now, and the CO₂ you've added.
A scrubbable ribbon of planetary events during your life. Color-coded by category. Drag your finger or tap a dot to explore decades.
Enter a birth year once. The site shifts — a persistent chip in the nav, an inline reveal, contextual framing as you keep exploring.
A living bento grid of humanity's vital signs, shuffling with animated transitions.
Juxtapositions that make you stop scrolling. Randomized every visit.
Live-ticking counters between sections. Balanced mix of hopeful, alarming, and fascinating.
Tracks your time on the page and shows what happened on Earth while you read.
earthnow.app/today — a living snapshot of the planet, updated every second.
Scrub from 10,000 BCE to today. Watch civilization accelerate.
295 milestones across 12,000 years. Filterable. Shareable. Map-linked.
A web component anyone can embed. 22 stats, dark/light themes, configurable layout.
Generate a cinematic snapshot of your visit. Copy, download, or share.
Ten angles on your lifetime impact — CO₂, water, miles, meals, and more. Swipe or tap arrows to find the one that lands.
Every page generates its own social preview card. Beautiful when shared.
Native payment forms that feel like the site. One-time or monthly. No redirects.
A dedicated page for the Terra ambient display with live data ticker and ordering.
Procedural ambient soundscape that plays on request. Sets the mood without interrupting.
Loading bar, globe reveal, navbar slide, audio prompt, content fade. A different arrival every time.
Cards start dormant and power on with a staggered wave as you scroll. HUD-style corner brackets.
Fresnel atmospheric glow on the globe. 18 floating dust motes drifting at different speeds for parallax depth.
Four satellites orbit the hero globe, each leaving a fading teal streak so the motion reads as a tracked object rather than ambient decoration. A pulsing caption below identifies them at a glance.
CSS-animated particles burst outward when Civilization Signals shuffle. Cinematic transitions.
Optimized for phones, tablets, and desktops. Responsive grids, touch-friendly with large tap targets and drag-to-scrub gestures.
In active development.
A physical ambient display for lobbies, offices, and classrooms. Always-on planetary awareness. Pre-orders open.
Real satellite data. Real atmospheric readings. Real ocean temperatures. Verified by the agencies that measure the planet.
What EarthNow becomes with sustained support.
Same voice as Ask Earth, offered without being asked. Captions that surface planetary moments as you explore the site.
AppleTV and Android TV apps. Turn any screen into a living planet dashboard.
Auto-scroll the homepage at documentary pace. Ambient music. Cinematic.
Zoom into countries. Compare local data to global trends.
Structured learning paths for classrooms and curious minds.
What if we cut emissions by 50%? Model different futures.
Save your preferences. Track the metrics that matter to you.
Resources designed for educators and mission-driven organizations.
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