Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 12, 2023

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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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. Growing up in Philadelphia, Njie was a “city boy” who dreamed about one day traveling abroad to study tropical ecosystems. “I

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MAY 22, 2024

Black Birders Week is fast approaching, and the Academy of Natural Sciences is gearing up to celebrate in style. The event includes discussions with local birdwatching group members, an opportunity to examine specimens from the Ornithology Collection and an immersive journey through the rainforest in the Under the Canopy exhibit.

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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. Last summer I had the opportunity to take a tropical field studies course in Ecuador.

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2022

Tom used his passion for conservation and understanding the consequence of losing the tropical rainforest to inform policy makers and other thought leaders worldwide on the critical role society needs to play in conserving the earth we rely upon. Patrick was also a valued Hutchinson colleague at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.

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