Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 1, 2021

As a society, we’re addicted to plastic, but the good news is that we can choose to reduce our use so we can have cleaner streets, healthier wildlife and less polluted rivers and oceans. 18 billion pounds of plastic waste ends up in the ocean each year. Less than 10% of all plastics in the U.S. get recycled.

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Biodegradable Ocean Recycling Law 137

Academy of Natural Sciences

MAY 9, 2022

Lena Champlin : I am an environmental scientist and artist, currently a fourth-year doctoral student in the BEES department at Drexel University and a research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences. I am interested in using artwork in outreach to teach environmental science topics to students and families.

Climate Change 98

Climate Change Environmental Science Ocean Natural Sciences 98

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. Much of this water cools as it flows towards the poles, becoming denser and sinking to the ocean floor. Vast, slow currents called conveyors help create and govern the climate we experience.

Ocean 98

Ocean 2005 Cooling Government 98

Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 16, 2022

Diatoms are found abundantly in almost every aquatic environment: oceans, lakes and wetlands, too. Because the frustule is heavier than the water surrounding it, after a diatom dies, the glass skeletal remains slowly sink to the bottom of the ocean or lake and become part of the sediment.

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Ocean Environmental Science 94

Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 4, 2022

The Academy is celebrating Water Year in 2022 with a series of special exhibitions aimed at helping people better understand the critical role of rivers and oceans and how everyone’s actions on land affect the watershed system. . Their thin, fragile shells are sensitive to changes in ocean chemistry.

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2022 Ocean Climate Change Natural Sciences 52

Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 31, 2022

Head of the bony-eared assfish, a deep-sea species of cusk-eel found in tropical and subtropical oceans. The bony-eared assfish is a deep-sea species of cusk-eel found in tropical and subtropical oceans down to 4,415 meters (14,485 ft). Photo by Mark Sabaj/ANS.

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Ocean 119

Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 27, 2023

It lives at least 200 meters under the ocean surface where sunlight is scarce, making herbivory nearly impossible. Tobias Tagliaferro/ANS Only one other species in this group, called Trigonulina ornata , lives in the Atlantic Ocean. canaliculata is a septibranch, which means that it is a carnivore. Trigonulina canaliculata.

Environmental Science 105

Environmental Science Ocean 2024 105

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 21, 2021

With ocean temperatures over 90°F off the Florida coast, Carl strengthened from a Category-1 with 80-mph winds to a Category-5 with 160-mph winds, in only 36 hours. Sea-level rise caused by the warming ocean means that there is no beach at high tide at several Jersey and Delaware coast points.

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Climate Change Sea Level Climate Scientist Ocean 130

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 27, 2023

Or maybe your mind takes a darker turn, imagining a colossal creature lurking in the depths of the ocean, capable of swallowing you whole. The elevated acidity of the ocean accelerates the dissolution of calcium carbonate and reduces aragonite saturation , posing a significant threat to these organisms. Giant clam ( T. Giant clam ( T.

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Carbon Dioxide Ocean Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the summer of 2022, Philadelphia was one of just 16 cities worldwide selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collect heat data used to map the city’s heat islands. In Philadelphia, urban trees address a wide variety of goals for multiple city agencies.

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Conservation Natural Sciences Carbon Emissions Cooling 111

Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This season give your family an adventurous gift that lasts all year — a membership to the Academy of Natural Sciences. All membership dues directly support our mission to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it. Don’t miss out on our best deal of the year.

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Natural Sciences Ocean 2021 52

Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 20, 2021

Although the three 17-year cicada species occur across the eastern half of North America (from Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean) the different populations of the species don’t have the adults emerging in the same 17-year cycle. This year they keep calling it Brood X. What does that mean? To read more posts in the cicada series, visit.

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2004 Environmental Science 2008 2013 98

Academy of Natural Sciences

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For native plants, birds and wildlife that live in or near these streams, it is like drinking a big glass of ocean water when you’re thirsty. All this salt runoff also depletes oxygen in local waterways, inhibiting a fish’s ability to breathe in the water and encouraging algae blooms.

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Ocean Environmental Science 128

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 1, 2022

We’re drowning in plastic, with 18 billion pounds of it ending up in the ocean every year. And 3 trillion cigarette butts — their filters made of plastic — are carelessly tossed, while millions of rolls of plastic food wrap, typically used only once, are discarded by U.S. households annually.

Waste 105

Waste Ocean Environmental Science 105

Academy of Natural Sciences

MAY 16, 2022

If we don’t take care of our forests, rivers and oceans, we will ultimately lose everything. AAQ: As someone who loves birds it’s very important that we focus on all animals, invertebrates, reptiles, mammals, etc. Conservation too because without these various ecosystems we lose so much wildlife.

Ocean 98

Ocean 2019 Conservation 2021 98

Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 18, 2022

Prior to his ascension to the throne, Albert I, Prince of Monaco spent his youth sailing the ocean, first as a navigator in the Spanish Navy and later in the French Navy during the Franco-Prussian War. Their research even went to depths as far as 6,000 meters below the ocean’s surface! Pilsbry and elected on Jan. Seen below from vol.

Ocean 52

Ocean 52

Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 27, 2023

The small dark American eels ( Anguilla rostrata ) that are currently making their way through our local freshwater rivers and streams actually had their start out in the Atlantic Ocean’s deep saltwater. As they are tossed about the waves, the leptocephali spend their time feeding on organic ocean detritus.

Ocean 52

Ocean Environmental Science 52

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 30, 2021

Fish farming is one way suppliers to keep up with the demand without overfishing the oceans. Note: Billions of people around the world rely on seafood as a main protein, and overfishing is a serious problem. Reduce food waste. What’s wrong with leftovers?

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Greenhouse Deforestation Waste Air Pollution 98

Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Because harmful emissions can make their way into the ground and water systems, these pollutants also contribute to ocean acidification, agricultural troubles and ecological destruction.

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Ground-Level Ozone Air Pollution Carbon Monoxide Ozone 98

Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Amazon Rainforest is home to the longest river on Earth that originates high in the Andes mountains as glacial melt and then crosses the entire continent to drain into the Atlantic Ocean. This web of rivers has a known effect on some Amazonian birds and primates.

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Rainforest Deforestation Ocean Conservation 98

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The discussion includes insight into how legal frameworks can create a variety of restoration projects that have far-reaching benefits for both humanity and ecosystem health.

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2023 Climate Change Natural Resources Law 59

Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 4, 2022

His “parents” were among 50 community scientists helping with the Philadelphia Urban Heat Mapping Campaign , a study in which the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University collaborated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Atmosphere Air Pollution Ocean Natural Sciences 40

Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 2, 2022

Plastic water bottles create an enormous amount of litter — 18 billion pounds of plastic waste ends up in the ocean each year with devastating results on wildlife. Wherever you live, there are sure to be many others who are keeping our rivers, streams, lakes and oceans healthy by cleaning up. Brian Yurasits/Unsplash.

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Waste Clean Water Act Ocean Climate Change 52

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. He was wrong about this too but Anaximander had another idea.

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Technology Technology Environmental Science Nuclear Power 59

A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s top climate science body, has stated that it is “unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land”. Lord Lilley told DeSmog that he is a “strong supporter” of the GWPF, but said that it was not a “climate science denier organisation”. “I

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Fossil Fuels 2024 2019 Conservation 52

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. . The other communities are Boulder, Colo.;

Air Pollution 107

Air Pollution Climate Change Natural Sciences Cooling 107

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. Red knots Calidris canuta , with horseshoe crabs, Delaware Bay, NJ © Doug Wechsler/VIREO.

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Endangered Species Act Climate Change Conservation Environmental Science 105

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 The groups want this added to the framework’s overall mission statement, Krueger said. Other campaigners were far more critical of the draft. goal and nothing else”.

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2030 2020 Ocean Government 98

Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It is a powerful and surprisingly moving tribute to a now forever missing part of the natural world. It once ranged widely on ocean edges as far south as northern Spain and along the coastlines of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Ireland and Great Britain.

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2011 Ocean Environmental Science 64

Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

I am also fortunate to conduct my own research and make new discoveries about ancient life in the oceans. Thanks to science, I have made excellent friends and met colleagues around the world. Visitors and members regularly tour our collection, while scientists conduct research on our specimens. I never get bored!

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2017 2018 Ocean 105

Academy of Natural Sciences

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Overbrook Environmental Education Center has enjoyed our work with the Academy of Natural Sciences through the Science Shop project,” says Jerome Shabazz, Executive Director of the not-for-profit organization. Each participant will bring their unique skillsets, perspectives and knowledge to the table.

Natural Sciences 98

Natural Sciences Atmosphere Ocean Climate Change 98

Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Coelacanth Like Tiktaalik , the Coelacanth is another lobe-finned fish whose fossils date back to the Devonian Period, but the latter still inhabits our oceans today. Given that fire salamanders cap out around 5 to 9 inches in length and estimates for Tiktaalik are upwards of four feet (1.25

Ocean 52

Ocean Electricity 2024 52

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. Stansbury’s undergraduate degree is in human ecology and natural science and her master’s degree is in developmental sociology. This definition prohibits the U.S.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98