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Drexel’s Environmental Collaboratory Will Solve Environmental Problems With a Community-Driven and Justice-Centered Approach

Academy of Natural Sciences

Drexel University, in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University , has launched a new platform, The Environmental Collaboratory , focused on climate change, environmental justice and human wellbeing.

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Easy Tips to Ease off Plastic

Academy of Natural Sciences

New Jersey’s law banning single-use plastic bags and foam containers takes effect May 22 and is one of the toughest laws of its kind in the country. July 1 also marks the start of Philadelphia’s ban on single-use plastic bags at retail establishments and a ban on paper bags that contain less than 40% recycled content.

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A Decade of Drexel and the Academy

Academy of Natural Sciences

After Drexel and the Academy of Natural Sciences signed an historic affiliation on Oct. Now, entering a new decade into the partnership, the Academy is equipped to help professional and citizen scientists better understand, appreciate and support the natural world — and the timing is more important than ever.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

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. These rare storms are expected to become more frequent with climate change as a warmer atmosphere can hold (and during storms release!) more moisture.

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For the Oranges of Sargodha District: Pakistan, Podcasts and Environmental Policy Work with Living on Earth

Academy of Natural Sciences

During my time at Drexel, however, I have received amazing support from the faculty to identify environmental policy and international agreements as my raison d’être. Currently, I am a double major in global studies and environmental studies with a French minor.

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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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Guide to Mathematics

Environmental Science

As an applied science, it can take many years of trial and error to work out a mathematical solution - that is as true for building a mine as it is for calculating the distance between our planet and other planetary bodies, and for technology as it is for finance investment. Why is Mathematics Important to Science? Sponsored Content.