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Welcome to the Climate Change Welcome to the Climate Change WorkshopWorkshop
Sponsored by: The Academy of Natural Sciences and
the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
•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
The Academy of Natural SciencesThe Academy of Natural Sciences
Cultivation and Encouragement of the Sciences
MissionMission
How can Natural History Museums help in Understanding Climate Change?
Savannah River Macroinvertebrate Species Richness
Long Term Environmental Datasets are Also Needed to Evaluate the Impacts of Climate Change
Patrick Center Archives
Museum Collections Can Be Useful Tools
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.
From Lotter (1998)
Chesapeake Bay Core
From Charles, Potopova, Ponader (ANSP)