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Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

Legal Planet

Ecology and conservation biology are an example: climate change will have a huge impact on ecology, but shifts in ecology (especially tropical rainforests) also impact climate change. More fundamentally, sustainability problems are interconnected and lend themselves to interdisciplinary study. Sending a Message.

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Highlighting Biodiversity: Spectacular Birds and the Amazon River

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Amazon Rainforest. Few places are as evocative of biodiversity as the Amazon Rainforest, a region of South America that occupies just 0.5% Roughly 1,300 bird species call the Amazon Rainforest their home, as do more than 3,000 species of fishes and countless primates, butterflies, orchids, frogs and more. Lukas Musher/ANS.

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

Academy of Natural Sciences

This year, five Drexel students and recent alumni have been selected as recipients, including the Academy’s own Curatorial Assistant Daouda Njie, a recent graduate of Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science who was awarded a study research grant to Fiji. I think you’d be good.

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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.

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“Our Voices Need to be Heard”: Latin & Hispanic Drexel Co-ops Helping to Enrich Representation in the Sciences

Academy of Natural Sciences

Hannah Dominguez BS in environmental science, minor in DragonsTeach STEM education Curatorial and Research Assistant in the Diatom Herbarium I am Peruvian and Mexican, originally from New York. My time as a volunteer has definitely influenced my studies and has inspired me to connect natural sciences and science education in my career.

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Carbon-Labeled Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner

Vermont Law

In addition to carbon sequestration, tropical rainforests help to regulate the global temperature by. in Environmental Science at the University of Texas at Austin. and a Masters of Environmental Law and Policy at Vermont Law School. Additionally, approximately 13% of the world’s net carbon dioxide. insulating the earth.

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Guide to Parasitology

Environmental Science

It is widespread in tropical rainforests where ants are prevalent and a vital part of the ecosystem. Sponsored Content. Parasites are Useful and so is their Study. To many people, parasitology is a fact of life about which they would prefer never to consider. Most fungi are not parasitical, feeding off dead organic material.