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New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture

Circle of Blue

Pavelsky, a professor in the department of earth, marine, and environmental sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is giddy about the mission and the knowledge it will generate. Pavelsky started even earlier, attending his first SWOT development meeting in 2004, when he was in graduate school.

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Brood X Cicadas, Pt 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

For example, in the Philadelphia region we have three brood cycles of the 17-year cicada: Brood X – this year’s brood in 2021 (last was 2004). Text, images and video by Jon Gelhaus, PhD, Curator of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and professor, Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

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Is Philly Being Snubbed Again?

Academy of Natural Sciences

Text and images by Jon Gelhaus, PhD, Curator of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and professor, Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Sciences. A lot can happen in 17 years when you are living underground, right? But the map also showed that Brood X was abundant in the Baltimore-Washington D.C.

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Recipients Announced For Delaware Highlights Conservancy Student Scholarships

PA Environment Daily

The Yeaman scholarship has been awarded annually since 2004 to a student planning to pursue a field in environmental studies in college. Recipient Amy Carpenter will attend Susquehanna University to study Earth and Environmental Science. Recipient Ella Clabaugh will attend Lafayette College.

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Top tips for super sandcastles: explore the weird world of sand

Physics World

None of us are likely to build anything as ambitious when we’re holidaying on the beach, but is there anything that science can tell us about how to make the perfect sandcastle? Series: Earth and Environmental Science 514 022071 ). Slippery when wet.

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A Decade of Drexel and the Academy

Academy of Natural Sciences

One of the most visible and exemplary examples of the Drexel-Academy partnership is the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES), which was spun off of Drexel’s Biology Department in 2012 with newly redesigned curricula. 2 New Ways to Research and Study the Art of Science. 1 Busy, Busy BEES.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Today, it overlaps with many other sciences and has had a profound impact on the environmental sciences just as chemistry has. It also underpins the physical sciences by providing the theoretical framework on which it may base its own assumptions and basic theoretical models. How Physics Applies to Environmental Science.