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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

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, From the Home of John Jackson, Toll Bar Village, South Yorkshire, UK, June 2007. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph.

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New Species Named and Described

Academy of Natural Sciences

That makes the Academy of Natural Sciences’ description of five new species in 2021 all the more critical to understanding the natural world and inspiring everyone to care for it.

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Personal Stories, Our Stories

Academy of Natural Sciences

Since 2007, Gideon Mendel, a veteran photojournalist, has made 20 trips to document adverse flooding in 13 countries. By Scott Cooper, PhD, President and CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The impacts of climate change are neither theoretical nor abstract. 17, 2021.

2014 98
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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 24 Webinar - Science Meets Community Engagement: The Delaware River Watershed Initiative

PA Environment Daily

In the past 24 years, Wall has worked in a variety of positions for the Academy of Natural Sciences. In 2007, he initiated the Center for Environmental Policy, spearheading the Academy’s involvement in policy and sustainability issues.

2007 98
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An Expedition Flag Conserved

Academy of Natural Sciences

Thanks to the generosity of Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has recently acquired, and successfully conserved, an important piece of exploration history – the flag that was created for and used on the Peary Auxiliary Expedition to Greenland in 1894.

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Academy Scientists Make Important Discoveries

Academy of Natural Sciences

Co-authors on the publication in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia are Drexel co-ops Devon Donahue and Amanda Cramer, who worked in Ichthyology from 2014-2016 and helped collect and analyze the DNA sequence data used to help distinguish the species as new.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

The agenda notes DOE is preparing a major rulemaking to reduce the use of fossil fuels in federal buildings — an implementation of a 2007 law. Stansbury’s undergraduate degree is in human ecology and natural science and her master’s degree is in developmental sociology.

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