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How to Save the World, Part 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

From their respective disciplines, they’re converting industrial food waste into plastic, building electric vehicle batteries with domestic materials and helping vulnerable citizens adapt to extreme weather, to name a few. Each project is exciting in its potential and gives us hope for the future, because the No.

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Bird Migrations: Timeless and Threatened 

Academy of Natural Sciences

Programs like Lights Out Philly are a win-win, because they both protect vulnerable migratory birds, and save building owners money on otherwise wasted electricity. All migratory bird images were provided by Visual Resources for Ornithology (VIREO) , the worldwide bird photograph collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Today, it overlaps with many other sciences and has had a profound impact on the environmental sciences just as chemistry has. It also underpins the physical sciences by providing the theoretical framework on which it may base its own assumptions and basic theoretical models. How Physics Applies to Environmental Science.

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How to Save the World, Part 2

Academy of Natural Sciences

From their respective disciplines, they’re converting industrial food waste into plastic, building electric vehicle batteries with domestic materials and helping vulnerable citizens adapt to extreme weather, to name a few. Each project is exciting in its potential and gives us hope for the future, because the No.