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Confronting the Effects of Coastal Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

Environmental science major Kris Freyland sees the effects of climate change up close. Drexel environmental science major and co-op student Kris Freyland. I’m really interested in that coastal upland transition zone,” she explained. “I

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

As extreme storms become more ubiquitous, Philadelphia is among numerous cities grappling with flooding issues against the backdrop of aging infrastructure, rising sea levels and more extreme precipitation events. chance of happening in any given year, respectively. Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011.

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Stroud Water Research Center Update: Scaling Up Outreach To Farmers, Landowners To Improve Water Quality

PA Environment Daily

Garzio-Hadzick graduated summa cum laude with her bachelor’s in environmental science and policy from the University of Maryland, where she also placed third in the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest. Click Here to subscribe to Stroud’s Educator newsletter. Heather Titanich kneeling on the ground with wild mushrooms. “I

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From Coastal Ecosystems to Cultural Exchanges, a Fulbright in Fiji this Fall

Academy of Natural Sciences

Student Program is the world’s largest and most diverse international educational exchange program. During his sophomore year as an environmental science major, he studied abroad on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea, but even after graduating, Njie was initially hesitant to apply for something as prestigious as Fulbright.

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ESA & COP26: Day 5 – People

ESA

I met them at the Science Pavilion, where they were talking with Helene Hewitt, an oceanography and one of the authors of the recent IPCC working group 1 report. The two lawyers are seeking as much information as possible about how a certain amount of emissions translates into heat, sea level rise, etc.,