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Academy Conversation
Start Date: 5/14/2019Start Time: 5:30 PM
End Date: 5/14/2019End Time: 6:30 PM

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What can we do about the alarming rate of extinction and preserve a healthy planet?

One million species are at risk of extinction in the next few years due to human activities including deforestation, overfishing and climate change, an alarming new United Nations report states. Join us in a free, informal discussion with Academy and Drexel University scientists as we discuss the science and the implications of the report.

Free with registration. Please click here to register.

Moderator:

Rick McCourt, PhD, Curator of Botany and Director of the Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution, Academy of Natural Sciences, and Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University

Panelists:

  • James Spotila, PhD, L. Drew Betz Chair Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
  • Jon Gelhaus, PhD, Curator of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences and Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
  • Mark Sabaj, PhD, Curator of Ichthyology, Academy of Natural Sciences

For further reading, we recommend: "Humans are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an 'Unprecedented' Pace."

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Location:
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Audience:
  • Everyone

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