Tag: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Rain Won't Be Enough to Temper Pennsylvania's Salt Lines

As Pennsylvania’s salt lines move, the Philadelphia Water Department assures residents that saltwater in the drinking water is unlikely, reports Anthony R. Wood for…

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Aqua Pennsylvania Shares Tips To Prepare for Hurricane Season 

With the Atlantic hurricane season officially underway, Aqua Pennsylvania is urging customers to take proactive steps to prepare their homes and families for potential storms…

Laura Guertin, distinguished professor of Earth science at Penn State Brandywine, holds a walleye pollock, as part of her time aboard a research ship in the Gulf of Alaska assessing the walleye pollock population.Education

Teacher at Sea program Sends Brandywine Geology Professor Trawling for Data

Laura Guertin, distinguished professor of Earth science at Penn State Brandywine, celebrated National Ocean Month in June for two weeks aboard a research vessel in…

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West Chester University Honored as 2023 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School

West Chester University was among the four universities honored at the 2023 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools ceremony at the U.S…

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He Took Biology on a Dare. Now, He’s Got Video of a Giant Squid

Sönke Johnsen chose to study physics at Swarthmore College in the 1980s because it was close to a family friend’s hardware store. That…

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Kennett High School Grad, Doctoral Candidate Wins $200,000 National Scholarship

She idolized the Little Mermaid while growing up in Chadds Ford, dipped her toes in life science at Kennett High School, and “grew her own…