Academy of Natural Sciences

MAY 2, 2022

A body reconstruction of a new species of Langlieria from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Irish Valley Member of the Catskill Formation. A body reconstruction of a new species of Langlieria from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Irish Valley Member of the Catskill Formation. By Jason P. Downs, PhD. In 2016, James J.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 13, 2023

As the Academy celebrates biodiversity — the remarkable, beautiful tapestry of life on Earth — this year, we are delving into some of the fascinating locations our scientists have visited in the region and across the globe to study and help protect our planet’s phenomenally diverse and incredible species.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5

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Science & Climate

MARCH 16, 2021

When ‘Eradicated’ Species Bounce Back With a Vengeance. Some invasive species targeted for total eradication bounce back with a vengeance, especially in aquatic systems, finds a study led by the University of California, Davis. The crab is considered among the world’s top 100 invasive species, costing the U.S.

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Physics World

MARCH 31, 2022

A new system for classifying the sizes of small planetary objects using animals has been launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in a bid to clear up misconceptions introduced after an asteroid was reported to be “half the size of a giraffe”. Controversially, giraffes have been excluded from the new system as they lack spatial symmetry.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 21, 2021

Museum specimens offer a rich resource of knowledge: what a species looks like, where it is found and when, what constitutes its genetic makeup, and other species associated with it. As I examined the map and zoomed in closer to the Philadelphia region, it was obvious. There was a big empty place on the map that mostly outlined Philly.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

On January 11, an international team of researchers announced a new fossil species of an early mammal relative named for paleontologist Dr. David S Berman, who served as curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History for 44 years. The name Shashajaia bermani means “Berman’s bear heart.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2022

When observed overhead, passing swifts are frequently described as resembling “flying cigars,” a visual analogy attributable to the birds’ five-inch-long, tube-shaped bodies, comparatively long, narrow wings, and muted grey-brown plumage. Chimney Swifts are unable to perch.

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Frontiers

JUNE 8, 2022

Estimates suggest that freshwater species have suffered an 84% decline in their global abundance since 1970 and include the most threatened species in Central Europe. Daily eating of cranberries may give us a memory boost and lower ‘bad’ cholesterol. Very cool study. link] — Dr. Evan Griffith (@evfitzgriff) May 17, 2022.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 1, 2023

Unloading mangrove seedlings in Papua New Guinea. it seemed like a never-ending task… Mangrove propagation house in Papua New Guinea. The truth is, the hard work had begun months earlier, when a dedicated team from The Nature Conservancy’s Papua New Guinea (PNG) office began planning this mangrove restoration project.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Many organisms use sound to communicate with others of their own species, to find a mate and to deter predators. Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids, all in the insect order Orthoptera, are among those that produce species-specific sounds, and scientists use these sounds to identify one species from another. Meet the author.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

A new wave of bloodshed . “We How climate change and human activity are driving violence between farming and pastoralist communities. By Kunle Adebajo and Murtala Abdullahi, CCIJ — April 14, 2022. A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. Now they say the hand cannot be a hand again.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2022

It’s hard to describe the sense of awe that comes from taking a walk among old trees. The Beartown Woods Natural Area is 27 acres within the 85,500-acre Michaux State Forest and is a relic northern hardwood forest more typical of northern Pennsylvania and New England.

Natural Resources 52

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

There were no environmental laws in the United States until Congress passed The Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts in the 1970s,” she said. By Anya Blaney Kate Janeway has dedicated her life to environmental causes, including nine years of volunteer service with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 6, 2024

From the 1800s into the 1900s, there was an unconventional scientific competition: entomologists all over the world were racing to see who could describe the most new species, which inevitably led to an unprecedented level of documentation of the world’s insect diversity. As you can imagine, confusion ensued.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

On September 22, 2022, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Climate School co-hosted a Climate Week NYC webinar on “Siting Renewables in New York: Ambitious Climate Goals, a New Siting Process, and How It Is Going.” Background. The CLCPA also requires that emissions be reduced 85% from 1990 levels by 2050.

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Frontiers

MAY 20, 2021

These species have one crucial thing in common: they are pollinators, and our survival depends on them. If you’ve recently published your paper with Frontiers and believe you have a great story to tell, then send an email to press@frontiersin.org with ‘Frontier Scientists’ and your name in the subject line. Dr Margaret Couvillon.

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Science Blogs

APRIL 29, 2019

That’s why news reports in recent months warning of an “ insect apocalypse ” sparked widespread alarm. That’s why news reports in recent months warning of an “ insect apocalypse ” sparked widespread alarm. In my world, reports of mass insect die-offs are big news. Insects account for 75% of all the known species on Earth.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On November 9, researchers at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History’ s Section of Amphibians and Reptiles celebrated five new species described in 2023. Marques and Sheridan's discoveries took place 6,000 miles apart on different continents, yet both provide new scientific insights about their respective regions.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, none is more fantasized over than the region’s named, “Palisade Peach.” However, none is more fantasized over than the region’s named, “Palisade Peach.” Guest Post by Brendon Anthony , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. One specialty crop in Colorado that locals anticipate and desire each year is peaches.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Mayor Danforth shared that the Native-American name for Crestone was A’tahnang, which meant a place of the heart, and it has everything to do with the expanse of Nature as a sanctuary that places a ‘bungee cord’ on those who call this wild place home,” shared Myra Jackson. “In By Darlene Lee and Grant Wilson, Earth Law Center.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 16, 2023

Discovering a new species — a distinct group of organisms that mostly breed among themselves — is not for the faint of heart. We encounter these situations in this summary of three of the new species named by Academy scientists in 2022, plus two new species named FOR Academy scientists.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

As we will explain in the next section, it covers many areas, all with the same purpose already described here. It can also describe a desire by businesses and other organizations, and their regulators to work towards improving ethical principles by setting regulation and industry standards for operating licenses.

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Environmental Science

AUGUST 17, 2018

Mathematics is described by various people as the only science that will ever prove anything, the only science capable of providing an absolute “yes” or “no” answer, and as the purest science. What is Mathematics? The word comes from the Greek translation of máthema which means " learning" or “study”.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

A Harrisburg University of Science and Technology professor has identified an extinct species of painted turtle, one that is entirely new to science. The name comes from a conspicuous pair of pointy projections on the front edge of the shell, reminiscent of horns. As conditions changed, C.

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Physics World

JUNE 1, 2022

Researchers have used this laser association method on several species of atoms, and recent experiments showed that it can also be used to create triatomic molecules out of diatomic ones. Physicists in the US have created ultracold polyatomic molecules by trapping and cooling them directly in three dimensions.

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Physics World

JULY 14, 2021

It needs to spread them far and wide to maximize the chances of its potential descendants finding fertile ground, while also boosting the species’ resistance to disease and predators. Others, such as burdock, have seeds with hooks that attach themselves to animals, including humans, who unwittingly transport them to new ground.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Deserts conjure up specific ideas about topography: typically, that they are dry and sandy dunes or rock, or a mixture of both. But deserts are far more than this and there are multiple types. How we define the desert biome are not about the types of rock, or the amount of sand, or even the temperature because there are both cold and hot deserts.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Parasitical relationships differ from other areas of ecology in that they not only depend on another species to survive but in the process of doing so, they cause harm to the host. Parasitology is the study of species that depend on others for survival that cause harm to the species on which it depends.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

$4 billion transmission line to deliver Canadian hydropower to New York illustrates tradeoffs in the energy transition. The project’s opponents denounce it as a green-in-name-only risk built on a legacy of mistreatment of Indigenous peoples and continuing ecological harm to Canadian rivers, one that boxes out New York energy producers.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

Climatology, or sometimes known as climate science, is the study of the Earth's weather patterns and the systems that cause them. From the ocean oscillations to trade winds, pressure systems that drives temperature, airborne particles that influence local conditions and even the phases of the moon and Earth's wobble all affect the climate (1).

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

My name is Michael Shellenberger, and I am Founder and President of Environmental Progress, an independent and nonprofit research organization. In the early 2000s I advocated for the predecessor to the Green New Deal, the New Apollo Project, which President Barack Obama implemented as his $90 billion green stimulus.

2020 52

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. BP p.l.c. , 19-1644 (4th Cir.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

The numbers of each of the six salmon species native to the Columbia basin have dropped to a fraction of what they once were, and 13 distinct populations are now considered threatened or endangered. Now, that system is falling apart. By Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Irena Hwang, ProPublica. They haven’t.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. Scientific Community National Audubon Society opts to keep name. The administration includes funding to support no more than 2,500 new Graduate Research Fellowship Program fellows. Executive Branch White House approves Willow oil project in Alaska.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

State Department names first special envoy for biodiversity. NSF announces new division director for the Division of Environmental Biology. On the first day of the Supreme Court’s new term, justices heard arguments in the Sackett v. EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. Executive Branch.

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