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1 Welcome to the Climate Change Workshop Sponsored by: The Academy of Natural Sciences and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

2 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 Sciences

3 Cultivation and Encouragement of the Sciences Mission

4 How can Natural History Museums help in Understanding Climate Change?

5 Savannah River Macroinvertebrate Species Richness Long Term Environmental Datasets are Also Needed to Evaluate the Impacts of Climate Change Patrick Center Archives

6 Museum Collections Can Be Useful Tools

7 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)

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