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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

In my research on solar geoengineering, carbon dioxide removal , and gene drives , I began to wonder whether these proposed technologies are–as many claim–fundamental breaks from past activities or merely additional points along a continuum, albeit somewhat further out. Much of this work falls within the natural sciences.

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Reduce Energy Use At Home

Academy of Natural Sciences

When we consume less power, we reduce the amount of released toxic fumes in the air, conserve the earth’s natural resources and help protect ecosystems from destruction. By simply cutting back on energy consumption, we can reduce the amount of electricity that power plants must make and the fumes they release.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People [PaEN] -- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb. Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

3] Academy Of Natural Sciences Discussion Of Preserving Seeds As Cultural Heritage -- PA Forestry Association Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 5-6 - Find A Walk Near You! -- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Wall In Penn’s Woods Oct. 6 Northwestern REC Community Forest In Crawford County -- North Branch Land Trust Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct.

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UK 2024 General Election – Mapped: The Tory network of climate denial and fossil fuel funding

A Greener Life

The GWPF – a group founded to contradict established climate science – has in the past expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mischaracterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

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Let’s Talk about Climate Anxiety 

Academy of Natural Sciences

Lena Champlin : I am an environmental scientist and artist, currently a fourth-year doctoral student in the BEES department at Drexel University and a research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences. I am interested in using artwork in outreach to teach environmental science topics to students and families.

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Through the Sands of Time: Giant Clams as Paleoclimate Timekeepers

Academy of Natural Sciences

derasa ) shell from a 1955 Palau expedition courtesy of the ANS Malacology archives collection Marine organisms with shells made of calcium carbonate, like giant clams and corals, encounter formidable obstacles in the face of increasing acidity in the ocean. Giant clam ( T. She approached Michael E.