Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 19, 2022

Although much of the ocean’s abyss seems dark, still and silent, water is nevertheless always flowing, and in specific directions. Vast, slow currents called conveyors help create and govern the climate we experience. Much of this water cools as it flows towards the poles, becoming denser and sinking to the ocean floor.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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.

Conservation 101

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 2, 2022

Contaminants can make their way into our water when the infrastructure is aged or overtaxed by flooding from major storms, which is especially prevalent now due to climate change. Wherever you live, there are sure to be many others who are keeping our rivers, streams, lakes and oceans healthy by cleaning up.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

And there are also the environmental impacts to consider too: emissions are a major contributing factor to carbon in the air that results in climate change, creating adverse weather events such as wildfires, drought and flooding.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

It was a sign of how much has changed since 2021 when the UK hosted the flagship COP26 UN climate summit with a promise “irrefutably to turn the tide and to begin the fightback against climate change”. GWPF donor Vinson gave £5,000 to Liz Truss ahead of her becoming Tory leader and prime minister in September 2022.

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Environmental Science

AUGUST 7, 2018

These early thinkers were Thales (5) who created natural philosophy and theorized that seismological events such as earthquakes had a natural cause (correct) but assumed (wrongly) that landmasses were giant rafts that reacted to ocean ripples which caused the quakes. It's at the core of engineering and many other sciences.

Technology 59

Technology Technology Environmental Science Nuclear Power 59

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. . Clark County, Nev., Milwaukee, Wis.;

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

More closely related to arachnids such as spiders and scorpions, these ancient creatures, with their iconic shells and long spiny tails, have lived in the coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean for millions of years. ” Habitat loss, overharvesting and climate change all impact horseshoe crab spawning, and many do not make it.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 4, 2021

Li Shuo, senior global policy advisor on climate, biodiversity and oceans at Greenpeace East Asia, compared the draft to a Paris climate agreement with “only the 1.5C At the G7, Canada announced a doubling of its international climate finance to $5.3 Other campaigners were far more critical of the draft.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Nobel Prize recipients urge G7 leaders to take transformative action to address climate change. Part two , scheduled for a November proposal, will make “broader changes,” according to the agenda. Stansbury’s undergraduate degree is in human ecology and natural science and her master’s degree is in developmental sociology.

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