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Multi-Part Art Exhibition, Watershed Experience Opens This Summer

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“I would urge that we ‘think like a watershed’ … mindful of the intricate human and natural connections that link the greater water system.”. Roland Wall, Director of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Through the Sands of Time: Giant Clams as Paleoclimate Timekeepers

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The ocean’s critical role in regulating the Earth’s climate by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere helps to slow the impacts of global warming on Earth, but as CO2 dissolves in seawater, it reacts with water to form carbonic acid making the oceans more acidic. Giant clam ( T. She approached Michael E.

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Academy leads effort to map Philly’s heat and air quality

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This summer the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will lead a campaign to map heat and air quality in Philadelphia, working with community scientists so that residents have a stronger voice in the planning and implementation of climate change-preparedness strategies. . The other communities are Boulder, Colo.;

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Let’s Talk about Climate Anxiety 

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Lena Champlin : I am an environmental scientist and artist, currently a fourth-year doctoral student in the BEES department at Drexel University and a research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences. I am interested in using artwork in outreach to teach environmental science topics to students and families.

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City Residents Help the Academy Map Urban Hotspots  

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His “parents” were among 50 community scientists helping with the Philadelphia Urban Heat Mapping Campaign , a study in which the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University collaborated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

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These rare storms are expected to become more frequent with climate change as a warmer atmosphere can hold (and during storms release!) For every one degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the atmosphere can hold 7% more water, a thermodynamic law of physics called atmospheric holding capacity. more moisture.

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New Exhibition Shows How We All Affect the Ocean 

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with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. . Ocean Bound is on view Aug. 20 through Jan. 15, 2023 and is a key part of the Academy and Drexel’s Water Year 2022 celebration. Ocean Bound was created by the Sciencenter of Ithaca, N.Y.,

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