PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2023

The 2023 Great Lakes Literacy Education Exploration (GLLee) is a free, fun, three-hour online interactive and self-paced crash course for educators in a Great Lakes topic. Marine debris is any human-made material that can end up – on purpose or by accident – in our rivers, ocean, and Great Lakes. Driving Question?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 30, 2024

The Storm Par team mostly went to Ivy League schools; Tyler, the tornado wrangler and cowboy scientist, trained as a meteorologist; Dexter is a scientist; Lilly brings her technical expertise as the drone operator; and Kate has some educational training, but also relies on what she learned growing up in Oklahoma.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2022

Education and Planning. Human societies and technologies, ecological systems, and atmospheric and oceanic systems are tightly interconnected. Creating an environmental or sustainability school also provides organization that makes it easier for students with an interest in the field to understand options.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For more than 35 years, Ocean Conservancy® has mobilized millions of volunteers through the International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC), removing more than 344 million pounds of trash from beaches and waterways around the globe. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Ocean Conservancy. Never miss an update.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Harrisburg area teachers and students will engage in hands-on learning around local environmental issues and solutions, and the unique nature of their communities thanks to a grant from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2022

The PA Environmental Literacy Capacity Building Project Team is inviting Pennsylvania educators to complete the 2022 Status and Needs of Environmental Education In PA Survey by March 31. This initiative is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Click Here to take the survey.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 9, 2022

As our ocean connects us, so does the need for solutions to protect it. Ocean Conservancy research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

"I know the recipients of these grants will do amazing work to improve public access, preserve habitats, measure pollution impacts, and educate the public about the benefits of these coastal zones." Coastal zones are areas where land meets the coast and include both coastal waters and adjacent shorelands.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 11, 2023

Our ocean is a magical place, and it’s easy to become mesmerized by all it has to offer. our ocean and its incredible wildlife. Love ocean content? Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. 2) How well do you know our ocean’s biggest creatures?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

By Patrick McShea, Educator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History “Tell me what gives you hope?” Ten students had just listened to me explain the cascade of negative effects associated with the increasing acidification of ocean waters. Patrick McShea is an educator at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ocean Conservancy’s Ocean Justice team is proud to announce the first Ocean Justice Community Grants cohort. Climate change and ocean injustice present dual crises that disproportionately impact marginalized coastal and ocean communities. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Stay Current.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The week-long scientific exploration of Lake Erie will take place July 7-13, 2024, providing educators with a hands-on opportunity to explore microplastics, phytoplankton, benthic organisms, sediment, and other Lake Erie-specific topics alongside scientists and researchers working on these important issues. Great Lakes watershed.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

It’s been more than two years since Ocean Conservancy’s Florida Conservation Program launched Shores Forward , our flagship initiative to create positive change for our ocean across Florida. We now bring these successes to Tallahassee where we advocate and help craft legislation that protects our ocean.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 18, 2024

She aspires to pursue a career in business, speaks four languages and is passionate about ways to prevent plastic from entering our ocean. Ultimately, students in the program aim to reduce the amount of plastic litter in their communities and prevent it from making its way to the ocean.

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Breezometer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A leading global expert on weather and climate, Dr. Shepherd is the Director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program and Full Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia. Zack Labe is a climate scientist working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Atmospheric Science of Colorado State University.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 18, 2022

A new exhibition this summer and fall takes visitors on an exciting journey through our watersheds to understand how everyone’s actions on land affect the ocean, even if they don’t live down the Jersey Shore. . Ocean Bound , opening Saturday, Aug. Ocean Bound , opening Saturday, Aug. Ocean Bound is on view Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

The production was made possible through funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The stories highlight the research topic, questions researchers sought to answer, and their findings through in-person interviews, in-field and in-lab activities, and on location footage.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It is fitting that Ocean Conservancy is kicking off Black History Month by spotlighting a Black-led organization near our headquarters on the ancestral lands of the Anacostans and the Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples—more commonly known as Washington, D.C. Just how deep? Want to help Blacks of the Chesapeake recover their beaches?

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The Energy Law

JULY 5, 2022

On June 23, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft guidance on mitigating potential impacts of offshore wind development on commercial and recreational fishing. citing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Sustainable Fisheries Glossary).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Coastal Zone Grants are aimed at supporting programs that measure the impact of various pollution sources, improve public access, preserve habitats, and educate the public about the benefits of the state’s coastal zones," said DEP Interim Acting Secretary, Jessica Shirley.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2022

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful will compile and share results to the larger community and use this data to further educate Pennsylvanians about the importance of keeping our waterways clean. Click Here to complete an application to be a Waterway Steward.

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Earthava

APRIL 13, 2021

“The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived”, according to National Geographic’s Education Blog , and experts across the globe agree. Blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus, make their homes in the planet’s vast open oceans where most migrate thousands of miles annually to feed, mate, and raise calves. How Big Is A Blue Whale?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This year’s projects emphasize education, design, and engineering; all of which will benefit this critical habitat and ecosystem. Coastal Zone Grants are awarded to projects related to fisheries, wetlands, stormwater management improvements, recreation, public education, coastal hazards such as bluff recession, and other areas.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Under this agreement, governments have committed to conserving at least 30% of land and of ocean globally, respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and recognizing contributions of Indigenous and traditional territories towards this goal. Canada must also take this ambition and leadership to international ocean fora.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

On May 18, the Shapiro Administration announced its support for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's draft proposal for a national marine sanctuary in Lake Erie.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Many plastics float, so countless plastic items of all shapes and sizes make their journey downstream, eventually making their way to the oceans. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 8 million metric tons of discarded plastic makes its way to the oceans each year. Americans use 2.5

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Stroud Water Research Center educators made a splash (well, virtually anyway) this summer with the Migrant Education Summer Camp at the Technical College High School Pennock’s Bridge Campus in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Click Here to subscribe to Stroud’s Educator newsletter. With support from the U.S.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As part of his physics degree at the University of Sheffield, Ashworth did a year abroad at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, during which he took courses in climate dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans alongside pure physics.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Coastal Zone Grants are awarded to projects related to fisheries, wetlands, recreation, public education, coastal hazards such as bluff recession, and other areas. Grants may also be awarded to other projects in the watershed that have an impact on coastal waters.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Trustees for this incident include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Shortly after the incident, Kirby and the Natural Resource Trustees began assessing natural resource damages caused by the release.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This year’s Environmental Excellence honorees showcase the innovation and passion that our students, educators, and community and business leaders bring to environmental challenges,” said Gov. A quarter-mile walking path, along with educational signage, was installed. million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 26, 2024

The National Heat Strategy The Strategy is authored by the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), an interagency initiative coordinating work across two dozen federal agencies and led by the Centers for Disease Control and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

As human activities continue to spew heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, temperatures rise and cause the air to become “thirstier.” Water education. Water education should go beyond teaching the hydrologic cycle and incorporate components of local hydrology, regulations, and laws.

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Physics World

MAY 4, 2022

Accompanied by artists’ impressions of volcanic landscapes or storms raging above shimmering oceans, such work makes distant planets feel somehow more real. One is transmission spectroscopy, which looks at the spectrum of starlight that has passed through an exoplanet’s atmosphere. Transmission spectroscopy is limited too.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For Urban Ocean and the cities they partner with, it is just the beginning. Many cities around the world struggle to create systems to manage their waste, and that can sometimes mean that trash ends up as pollution in our ocean. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Center for Environment Education.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Penn State Extension educators will provide details about solar farms and associated impacts to water resources. Pennsylvania Sea Grant is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Penn State University, and through federal, state, and local funding. Resource Link: -- Gov.

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The Energy Law

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Wind Week followed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s first Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, which was held on June 15. Panelists includes representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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