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Community Fellows Investigate Climate Change in The Mackenzie Mountains

Since 2003, ÃÀ¼§ÉçÇø has partnered with the Alcoa Foundation to engage employees in scientific research and environmental learning…

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Bringing Chinampas to the Classroom

Betsy Anderton’s experience on the ÃÀ¼§ÉçÇø Expedition Conserving Wetlands and Traditional Agriculture in Mexico in 2019 allowed her to take the lessons she learned about comm…

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Crossing the invisible boundaries—crisis and purpose

Scientists published a new paper this week finding that over 500 species of land vertebrates are on the brink of extinction, with fewer than 1,000 individuals left.

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Reflections on Quarantine Quieting Fieldwork

Beginning earlier this year, all over the world, the usual rush of buses, cars, and planes slowed to a trickle as travel restrictions kept people home in an effort to curb the s…

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From the Kindergarten Classroom to Costa Rica Conservation Research

In June of 2019, ÃÀ¼§ÉçÇø Teen Expedition Facilitator Renee White left her kindergarten classroom behind to travel to Costa Rica and lead a group of teens on the expedition Co…

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From LA to Nova Scotia and Back, a Student’s Journey into Science

During the summer of 2013, Andrea Gamino traveled to Nova Scotia to study mammals with ÃÀ¼§ÉçÇø as part of the Ignite LA Student Science Awards…

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Salt, Water, and Science – A 10-Day Adventure in Acadia

This summer, high schooler Masooma Hasnain traveled from her home in Los Angeles to coastal Maine to participate on the ÃÀ¼§ÉçÇø expedition Climate Change: Sea to Trees at Aca…

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Alcoa Foundation Invests in Employees and Global Sustainability with ÃÀ¼§ÉçÇø

A partnership between the Alcoa Foundation and ÃÀ¼§ÉçÇø brings together employees from Alcoa offices and plants around the world to take action and address the impacts of clim…

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Archaeology: It Isn’t Just About The Digging

This summer, Heather Motta traveled from her home in Los Angeles to Crow Canyon, Colorado to work alongside archeologists uncovering ancestral Pueblo great houses…

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How to Save the Planet, One Tree at a Time

There are numerous important economic and ecological reasons to conserve forests, in addition to intrinsic and emotional reasons…

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