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Academy and Drexel Host America’s First Local Conference of Youth

Academy of Natural Sciences

More than 100 student delegates will converge at Drexel University to draft the United States’ contribution to the Global Youth Statement that will be submitted at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). s Climate Change Conference. 23 through Sunday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Sept.

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New Exhibitions For 2022

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Academy is celebrating Water Year in 2022 with a series of special exhibitions aimed at helping people better understand the critical role of rivers and oceans and how everyone’s actions on land affect the watershed system. . Here’s the schedule of temporary exhibits for 2022. For updates and more information, visit ansp.org.

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Energy transition and social sciences – How can environmental sociology help us expand the understanding of energy transitions?

HumanNature

With increasing temperatures, global warming and climate change are only become more concerning and immediate. As a result,transitioning away from carbon-intensive sources of energy is critical to address the climate crisis (Hernandez and Newell 2022). In Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies (pp.

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Museum Innovation Fund Announces Spring 2022 Grantees

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Museum Innovation Fund, launched in fall 2021 by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, provides funding to Drexel faculty and students for projects that promote conception and rapid prototyping of innovative approaches to museum learning and engagement.

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Climate Year Wrap-Up

Academy of Natural Sciences

As a permanent observer to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change’s annual Conference of Parties (COP), Drexel sent a delegation of students, faculty and professional staff to Glasgow for the COP26 conference. A draft report will be released in early 2022.

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The Nature Conservancy-PA: New Urban Heat Map Underscores Need For Trees In Philadelphia Neighborhoods

PA Environment Daily

The analysis — detailed in an interactive ArcGIS StoryMap titled Citywide Heat Ride — may inform future urban forestry and equitable conservation projects, including the Philly Tree Plan , to better protect Philadelphians from dangerous heat waves and extreme weather events made worse by climate change.

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Drexel Students Host the Nation’s First Local Conference of Youth

Academy of Natural Sciences

Over 130 delegates from across the country came together on the weekend of September 23 for America’s first ever Local Conference of Youth (LCOY USA), hosted at Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. LCOY organizers also traveled to Washington D.C. Led by youth, for youth.