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Welcome to the Climate Change Workshop Sponsored by: The Academy of Natural Sciences and

Welcome to the Climate Change Workshop Sponsored by: The Academy of Natural Sciences and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. The Academy of Natural Sciences. Founded in 1812 in Philadelphia Incorporated in 1817 by State legislation

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Welcome to the Climate Change Workshop Sponsored by: The Academy of Natural Sciences and

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  1. Welcome to the Climate Change Workshop Sponsored by: The Academy of Natural Sciences and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

  2. The Academy of Natural Sciences • Founded in 1812 in Philadelphia • Incorporated in 1817 by State legislation • Oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas • 1846: Smithsonian • 1869: American Museum of Natural History • 1889: Bishop Museum • 1893: The Field Museum

  3. Mission Cultivation and Encouragement of the Sciences

  4. How can Natural History Museums help in Understanding Climate Change?

  5. Savannah River Macroinvertebrate Species Richness Long Term Environmental Datasets are Also Needed to Evaluate the Impacts of Climate Change Patrick Center Archives

  6. Museum Collections Can Be Useful Tools

  7. THE DIATOM PALEOLIMNOLOGY DATA COOPERATIVE (DPDC) • The DPDC is a NSF-sponsored web-accessible database of diatom and associated data contributed by the paleo community. • Contains data on stratigraphic (e.g., sediment core) and surface-sample calibration sets. • Long-term data related to climate change, eutrophication, • acid precipitation and other global environmental issues. Chesapeake Bay Core From Lotter (1998) From Charles, Potopova, Ponader (ANSP)

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