My mother was adept at giving new life to old food; stale bread became croutons, old milk was used for baking, and any leftovers were carefully stored away in Tupperware containers for the next day’s lunch. She made sure we had almost no food waste in our house – and what she was doing wasn’t just thrifty, it was incredibly […]
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Join MAREA to learn about the effects of climate change on chickadees in our region. MAREA presents Dr. Bob Curry of The Curry Lab, Villanova University, speaking about “Changes in the geographic ranges and hybridization of chickadees, as a result of climate change.” According to the Department of Environmental Protection’s report Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update, human activity has already […]
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Changes in the Geographic Ranges and Hybridization of Chickadees, as a Result of Climate Change Dr. Bob Curry, The Curry Lab, Villanova University According to the Department of Environmental Protection’s report Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update, human activity has already warmed Pennsylvania by 1.8 degrees F. If trends continue, by mid-century Philadelphia area temperatures will be similar to historical temperatures […]
» Read moreShort for biological diversity, biodiversity refers to the wide variation among living organisms on Earth. To say that an ecosystem is biologically diverse is to say that there is a great assortment of species, or a group of living organisms that can interbreed, present in that habitat. From a small pond to the entire biosphere, biodiversity can be examined on […]
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