Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A tipping point is a system threshold beyond which change becomes self-perpetuating until a qualitatively different stable state is reached. For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. The missing knowledge is not primarily natural science.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The fascinating world of rainforests and the animals that inhabit them are the focus of the new exhibition opening February 17 at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Staff will explain what makes these animals unique, their special adaptations and how they live in the rainforest. Animal Trainings: 1 p.m. –

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 12, 2023

I loved nature and I always read about places like the Amazon rainforest or Madagascar rainforest and imagined going somewhere like that,” he recalled. This work is important because climate change effects coastal ecosystems.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

My time as a volunteer has definitely influenced my studies and has inspired me to connect natural sciences and science education in my career. I got to experience the Amazon rainforest and Andes mountains. It truly was a life changing experience getting to see wildlife up close, in action, and thriving.

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2022

Tom’s love of nature as well as his great concern at its fragility was the basis for his exceptional ability to communicate the importance of protecting nature and its value for humanity. Patrick was also a valued Hutchinson colleague at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 7, 2023

These places are a small yet important piece of the larger central African rainforest system. Understanding, appreciating and conserving biodiversity has been at the core of the Academy’s science work since its founding in 1812.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 1, 2022

For Akilah Chatman, a Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) graduate from Drexel University, every day was a new adventure: climbing waterfalls, jumping from cliffs, exploring rainforests, befriending frogs and lizards, inspecting flora, gardening with their mother and so much more.

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