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March

  • Un-Muddying Waters: Drexel Researchers Studying Climate Change in Mongolian, U.S. Rivers

    March 29, 2016

    As a part of a National Science Foundation macroecology study spanning two continents, a team of researchers from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will compare river systems in grassland areas of Asia and North America to see how they function and how human activity, including the effects of climate change alters that.

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  • Drexel Talks Climate Change

    March 24, 2016

    Drexel’s participation in the annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change in December empowered eight Drexel faculty, staff and students. Each came away with a different, rewarding experience that they’ll share at a public event next month.

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  • Surface-Going Cave Crickets Actually More Isolated Than Cave-Dwelling Cousins

    March 16, 2016

    Although other studies on cave-dwelling creatures have found that animals that spend all of their lives in the dark of caves are more likely to be genetically isolated, a recent study on two groups of crickets found the opposite.

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  • Seeing the Light: Army Ants Evolve to Regain Sight and More in Return to Surface’s Complex Environment

    March 09, 2016

    A study of army ants revealed that some species increased their brain size, including visual brain regions, after evolving above-ground behavior. Their ancestors had lived mainly underground for nearly 60 million years. Such increases in brain capacity are a rarely-studied evolutionary phenomenon.

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  • Academy of Natural Sciences Researcher Proves Mongolian Herders Right in Climate Research

    March 07, 2016

    When it comes to climate change, serious issues can sometimes hide behind walls of data. In talking to nomadic herders in Mongolia, the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Clyde Goulden was able to confirm their feelings that they were experiencing a significant increase in short, intense rainstorms that threaten the herders’ way of life.

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  • Down The Drain: Here's Why We Should Use Rainwater to Flush Toilets

    March 07, 2016

    If you live in one of four major U.S. cities chances are you’re letting the benefits of a ubiquitous natural resource go right down the drain — when it could be used to cut down your water bill. Research by a team of Drexel University environmental engineers indicates that it rains enough in Philadelphia, New York, Seattle and Chicago that if homeowners had a way to collect and store the rain falling on their roofs, they could flush their toilets often without having to use a drop of municipal water.

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