PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the summer of 2022, Philadelphia was one of just 16 cities worldwide selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collect heat data used to map the city’s heat islands. In Philadelphia, urban trees address a wide variety of goals for multiple city agencies.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 2, 2022

Being outdoors is not only about looking at cool things — sometimes we discover new personal insights, too. Consider what makes up clouds — millions of tiny frozen water crystals suspended high up in the atmosphere — and marvel at how spectacular nature can really be. Journal your experience. Sketch the sights.

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Environmental Science

AUGUST 7, 2018

It's considered the Islamic Golden Age and many discoveries in the realms of the natural sciences came in this time. It also concerns heat and energy transfer, entropy (the waste heat leading to a loss of energy from a closed system), the Carnot Cycle and the law of cooling.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 26, 2022

This summer the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will lead a campaign to map heat and air quality in Philadelphia, working with community scientists so that residents have a stronger voice in the planning and implementation of climate change-preparedness strategies. . The other communities are Boulder, Colo.;

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