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Insights from the United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Electric cars in lines with batteries exposed.

Extending battery lifespan and capacity through self-healing materials

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Michael Mann.

Michael Mann appointed vice provost for climate science, policy, and action at Penn

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Toward carbon-negative architecture

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Volunteers in waders at the pond at Penn’s BioPond, one holds a frog.

With dozens of events, Climate Week 2024 will focus on solutions

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Penn’s $100M pledge to Philadelphia public schools is helping to remediate environmental hazards

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Three women sit at tables in front of an audience. A Zoom screen with three additional speakers is behind them.

How is the world working to save biodiversity?

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Building a home for One Health at Penn

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Penn students walking through Norris Square Neighborhood Project’s community garden.

How food moves around cities

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Portrait of Jen Wilcox

A climate expert’s return to Penn

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A sign in a stairwell pointing the way to a cooling center.

As temperatures break records, many are unaware of symptoms of heat-related illnesses

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Aerial view of Penn’s campus and the city of Philadelphia.

Penn receives $10M gift to advance interdisciplinary work on climate and sustainability

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A stack of new books.

Wharton faculty on investment strategies, birth rates, and climate change

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Krishna Chandrasekhara stands on a milk crate, holding plastic water piping for a rooftop water harvesting system in Mexico.

Rainwater harvesting in Mexico City

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A side-by-side image of Jisung Park on the left with a book cover on the right. The title reads, Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

‘Slow Burn’

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young person using a water bottle to refresh under the heat

As the world warms, how are young people feeling?

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Green-tinted image showing thermal plumes in a Hele-Shaw cell, illustrating heat transfer in confined spaces.

Does heat travel differently in tight spaces?

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