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, Vilian Sousa da Silva,Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil, March 2015 C-print. Courtesy of the artist. Programming.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 29, 2021

This “one-in-1,000-year flooding event” swept the Carolinas in October 2015. Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, October 2015 @Gideon Mendel. By Scott Cooper, PhD, President and CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. 17, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2021

Recipient Amy Carpenter will attend Susquehanna University to study Earth and Environmental Science. The Vanessa Van Gorder Memorial Scholarship was established in 2015 in honor of Vanessa, who passed away on December 26, 2014. She is passionate about conservation and the environment and intends to study environmental science.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 20, 2021

The emergence holes and cast nymphal skins of the periodical cicada, taken in Kansas in 2015. 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. Why should I care about cicadas?

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Energy Information Administration, in 2015 more than 76 million American households (64%) used a central air-conditioning system, an increase from less than 66 million households (59%) in 2005. When seasons change, so do indoor temperatures. According to the U.S.

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