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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. The missing knowledge is not primarily natural science. Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. Such shifts are non-linear, and practically irreversible.

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Effecting Change with a Fulbright Fellowship

Academy of Natural Sciences

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.