Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2021

Helene Wiesinger, Zhanyun Wang, and Stefanie Hellweg (2021). ” Environmental Science & Technology 55(13), 9339-9351. “Deep Dive into Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing Aids.” DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00976 … Read more →

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2021

On December 6, Chester County-based Stroud Water Research Center announced it has been selected as a winner of the 2021 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant , a public grant opportunity open to registered nonprofit organizations in the United States who are using technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

” Environmental Science & Technology 2021 Oct 5. Glüge J, London R, Cousins IT, DeWitt J, Goldenman G, Herzke D, Lohmann R, Miller M, Ng CA, Patton S, Trier X, Wang Z, Scheringer M. “Information Requirements under the Essential-Use Concept: PFAS Case Studies.” doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03732. PMID: 34608797.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The College’s top ranked environmental science and sustainability major engages students in interdisciplinary research and ignites their passions for making the world more equitable, just and sustainable. Cook Center housing the Department of Environmental Science.) Click Here for the complete announcement.

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Legal Planet

JULY 4, 2022

For instance, a 2021 Pew poll found that: “There has been a steady decline in confidence in medical scientists among Republicans and Republican leaners since April 2020. Similarly, Gallup found that confidence in science had collapsed among Republicans, from 72% in 1975 to 45% in 2021.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — November 22, 2021. The soil was already saturated when this rainfall event came,” said Jeremy Venditti, a professor of environmental science at Simon Fraser University. Atmospheric rivers are projected to intensify as the climate continues to warm.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

The former Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Student Leadership Council (SLC ) members are working toward master’s degrees in Environmental Education, Wildlife Science or Conservation Biology, and studying Environmental Science and Outdoor Recreation Leadership.

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Brag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On August 18, 2021, DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Program issued a request for information (RFI) seeking input on technical and logistical pathways that would enhance BER’s research portfolio in comparison to similar international research efforts.

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Legal Planet

MAY 24, 2023

2021) Our first set of results from these surveys focused on utility managers’ responses. Journal of Environmental Management 260: 110025, [link] Alida Cantor, Luke Sherman, Anita Milman, and Michael Kiparsky. Environmental Research Communications 3: 031001, [link] Michael Kiparsky, Christian Binz, Barton H.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Acker became fascinated by French Creek as a nontraditional adult student at Allegheny College where she graduated with honors with a BS in Environmental Science.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Students were invited to showcase their research, projects, posters and photos at the 2021 Student Symposium on the Environment hosted by the Center for the Environment at Westminster College in Lawrence County and the Butler County-based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition. Posted: November 29, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Water Research & Technology

MAY 14, 2021

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology seeks your high-impact research for our upcoming Themed Issue on Data-intensive water systems management and Operation. Submissions due: 10th September 2021. All submitted manuscripts will undergo initial assessment and peer review as per the usual standards of the journal.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2021

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy has awarded its “Delaware Highlands Conservancy/Yeaman Scholarship” for $1,175 to Amy Carpenter , a 2021 graduate from Delaware Valley High School, and the “Vanessa Van Gorder Memorial Scholarship” for $1,000 to Ella Clabaugh , a 2021 graduate of Wallenpaupack Area High School.

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Frontiers

JULY 20, 2023

It is found on land and in soil and most rivers of the world,” said Dr Bruno Walther of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, author of the study in Frontiers in Environmental Science. “It It is even found in the polar oceans and the deepest ocean trenches.”

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 21, 2023

As it was time to shed new light on her amazing collection and why we digitized it, we reached out Scott Beadenkopf, an alum of Drexel University’s Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science Department and current volunteer within the Botany Collection, to learn more. Tell us about yourself.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

billion tonnes (GtCO”) will have been emitted, a projected rise of CO2 emissions of 1% compared to 2021. The GCP report’s stark findings said that there is a 50% risk of exceeding the 1.5 rise target within the next nine years and researchers estimate by the end of 2022 a total of 40.6

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Nanotech

MAY 25, 2021

Registration has opened for a June 8, 2021 , webinar held by the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative on “What We Know about NanoEHS: Human Health.” The webinar will feature experts from diverse disciplines who will share their perspectives on key findings on the effects of engineered nanomaterials on human health.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Messiah University This guest essay first appeared in the York Dispatch on October 29, 2021 -- As colleagues at Messiah University [a private Christian college in Cumberland County], we share a core belief that God created our world and that our call as humans is to practice a responsibility to that created order.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Chelsea Gómez joined the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in October 2021 and serves as a Graduate Research Assistant supporting research on City Focus Groups on Climate and Equity-based Policies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Policy from St. Edward’s University.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

To help implement consistent and effective incorporation of 4DEE into undergraduate biology and ecology and environmental science classes, TEE plans to host Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) over the next four years in collaboration with AIHEC, BLUE Data Network and others. Photo courtesy of ESA.

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Water Research & Technology

JULY 6, 2021

We are delighted to announce that Joel Ducoste (North Carolina State University) has joined the Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Advisory Board. He has served on EPA Science Advisory Boards and 2020-2021 President of the Association of the Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2021

On August 16, the PA Association of Environmental Professionals announced the winners of the 2021 Environmental Science Scholarships. GPA, double-majoring in Environmental Resource Management and Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Posted: August 16, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We also do some habitat assessments and water chemistry measurements,” said Hemmelgarn, an environmental science and sustainability major and a Spanish minor. Kirk, a 2011 Allegheny graduate and currently a Murray State postdoctoral research associate. “We We go out and electrofish the streams and record what we find.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Ferretti, who currently serves as the Director of the Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, will succeed Paul Lumia, who announced his retirement earlier this year, on November 15, 2021. in Environmental Science from Wilkes University. Posted: November 9, 2021] PA Environment Digest She holds a B.A.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Elizabeth Watson, PhD, Associate Professor, Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Sciences (CoAS) and Senior Scientist and Wetlands Section Leader, Academy of Natural Sciences. Faculty grantees: Ben Kalina, Assistant Professor, Cinema & Television. Creative Engagement and Interpretation of Research.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For the last five years, the college’s environmental science and sustainability program has been listed among the top five in the U.S. Allegheny College environmental science and sustainability faculty Casey Bradshaw-Wilson and Kelly Pearce are co-directors of the WCRC. Posted: October 7, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 4, 2024

Sean O’ Donnell, PhD, a professor of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences , believes putting insects on camera can help society see the integral role they play in the preservation of our natural world – and ultimately humankind.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 20, 2021

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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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Blue-Green Systems (2021) 3 (1): 62–80 [link]. Figure 1: Mechanisms, strategies, and key dynamics of LSGI governance. Cano Pecharroman et al. Our recent journal article on this topic is available open access here: Cano Pecharroman L., Williams C., Green Nylen N. & & Kiparsky M. & Kiparsky M.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences strives to understand and protect watersheds in this changing world, so in partnership with organizations of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, water quality monitoring efforts and studies are being conducted in the Delaware River Basin.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

Do you know someone who has made positive efforts toward environmental sustainability in the Long Beach, California region? ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

In June 2021, it published National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries , which calls for cobalt and nickel to be engineered out of batteries. She also was the lead author of “ Circularity of Lithium-Ion Battery Materials in Electric Vehicles ” published by Environmental Science & Technology , a peer-reviewed journal, in March 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

. -- Senate Environmental Committee Unanimously Reports Nomination Of Cindy Adams Dunn As DCNR Secretary To Full Senate With Favorable Recommendation -- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Wednesday, June 7 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Liberty-Clairton, Southwest PA -- MCall: Allentown IronPigs Baseball Game In (..)

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HumanNature

MARCH 24, 2022

Guest Post by Holly Roth , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Environmental Science and Technology 2014 , 48 (16), 8936–8943. Nature Sustainability 2021 , 4 (3), 252–260. 1,2 In 2020 alone, 46 million acres burned in Australia, and over 10 million acres burned in the United States. Emelko, M.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In November, the Society of American Foresters recently named David Jackson , a forest resources educator with Penn State Extension , as a 2021 Presidential Field Forester Award recipient. Posted: December 30, 2021] PA Environment Digest He was honored at the virtual SAF National Convention, Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

It really is a collaboration between Lycoming College in Williamsport, the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse and the Bronx Zoo, which is part of the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York City.”

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 26] Local community and environmental opposition to transmission is a national and international phenomenon. trillion. [25]

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