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Antarctic extreme events: ‘All-time records are being shattered not from decades ago, but from the last few years and months’

Frontiers

A new study published in Frontiers in Environmental Science has revealed that, in addition to the influence of gradual global heating, Antarctica is increasingly affected by extreme environmental events; a recognized and predicted outcome of our heating world. The world’s largest ever heatwave (38.5C

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Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss

Academy of Natural Sciences

And even though she herself didn’t make all of the displays, it was still really cool to take a first-hand look at what they could use. One fascinating fact that I learned and found interesting was that we didn’t know more sooner, with all of the amazing animals that were all stuck at the bottom of the ocean.

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Climate Change and Me

Academy of Natural Sciences

With the Philadelphia area trending towards warmer average temperatures as a result of climate change, it will be important to have ample opportunities for people to stay cool and recreate safely. Sea-level rise caused by the warming ocean means that there is no beach at high tide at several Jersey and Delaware coast points.

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Brood X Cicadas, Pt 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

And their appearance — red eyes and orange and black bodies – are so cool, and make some of us think about another season — Halloween! 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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Academy leads effort to map Philly’s heat and air quality

Academy of Natural Sciences

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.; Milwaukee, Wis.;

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

Climatology, or sometimes known as climate science, is the study of the Earth's weather patterns and the systems that cause them. Known as ENSO, they are opposite effects of the same process and are defined as an oscillation (a variation in magnitude) between the temperature of the atmosphere and the ocean. What Climatology Is.

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Should there be a ‘non-use’ agreement on solar geoengineering?

Legal Planet

The recent announcements from ‘Make Sunsets’ that they are selling ‘cooling credits’ based on an untested and unverified form of solar geoengineering has generated condemnation from all sides. Fortunately, for most of the academics involved this division does not extend to their views on deployment, especially commercial deployment.