Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 11, 2024
In her film, Resita explains that this is so common that you can predict the sea level of an area based on its racial demographics, known as racial topography. See “Freedom Hill” on Saturday, April 20, at the Academy of Natural Sciences as part of the inaugural film festival, Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia.
Academy of Natural Sciences
JULY 30, 2021
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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Academy of Natural Sciences
JULY 21, 2021
Sea-level rise caused by the warming ocean means that there is no beach at high tide at several Jersey and Delaware coast points. Higher sea level has also caused more frequent flooding problems in Delaware Bay and increased saltwater intrusion farther up into the Delaware River.
Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 26, 2021
A unique photographic exploration of the impact of flooding on communities around the world due to climate events opens Saturday, May 1 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World is a stark portrayal of the human condition within the context of climate change.
Academy of Natural Sciences
JUNE 12, 2023
Daouda Njie/ANS Since graduating last year, Njie has been working as a field technician and curatorial assistant at the Academy of Natural Sciences, where his work has included traveling to salt marshes to measure salinity and track sea level rise — key indicators of the ways climate change is affecting these coastal ecosystems.
Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Throughout their co-op this spring and summer, Freyland worked with Beth Watson, PhD , associate professor of biodiversity, earth and environmental science and senior scientist at the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Patrick Center for Environmental Research, to study the impact of saltwater intrusion into coastal forests.
Academy of Natural Sciences
MAY 17, 2022
Most trees in the Delaware Estuary region that stand close to salt marshes are at risk of death due to sea-level rise. Sea-level rise and climate change are pushing coastal flooding farther into low-lying forests and slowly killing nearby trees, causing what often are called ghost forests. Ghost Forests.
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