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Toms River North senior Giovanna Onofrietti (left) and freshman Kaitlyn Culbert each placed first in Delaware Valley Science Fair among hundreds of students from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and South Jersey. (Provided by Toms River Regional Schools)
TOMS RIVER, NJ Two Toms River North students will be presenting their scientific research at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, the district announced.
Freshman Kaitlyn Culbert and senior Giovanna Onofrietti, both students in the Toms River Regional Schools Authentic Science Research program, advanced to the international competition after they medaled at the Delaware Valley Science Fair that ended April 10.
Three other Toms River Authentic Science Research students Julietta Onofrietti, Jake Rice and Vivianna Onofrietti were honored at the Delaware Valley fair as well, said Christine Girtain, who directs the Authentic Science Research program along with Dr. Marybeth Kretz.
5 Things To Watch For At Bidenâs Big Earth Day Climate Summit
As 40 top world leaders gather online for the first big climate confab since 2019, here are the key policies and political dynamics for which to keep an eye out.
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President Joe Biden has convened leaders from 40 countries to discuss climate pledges ahead of the November United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
Consider it President Joe Bidenâs climate debutante ball.Â
The White House will convene a two-day summit this Thursday and Friday in which it will unveil its new emissions-cutting goal to world leaders, in a bid to restore Americaâs reputation in the polite society of global carbon negotiations.  Â
Charles Clevenger, the first director of the Dixon University Center, dies at 79
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
The death followed a six-year battle with brain cancer, his obituary said.
Clevenger was a Brooklyn native who began his career as an editor and writer while earning his master’s and doctoral degrees through The State University of New York system.
In 1984 he accepted the position of dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Shippensburg University and moved his family to Carlisle.
In 1993, the center’s board of governors recognized the leadership and generosity of its founding chairman, F. Eugene Dixon Jr., by renaming it in his honor. Clevenger would become the Dixon University Center’s first director.
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By Katrina Krämer2021-04-15T08:30:00+01:00
‘A 7% drop – we’ve never seen this since world war two,’ says Corinne Le Quéré, professor of climate change science at the University of East Anglia, UK. Le Quéré is talking about an unprecedented global decrease in carbon emissions in modern times, the result of the coronavirus pandemic.
1 The data Le Quéré and other atmospheric scientists have gathered over the last year are both shocking and insightful. They show a world that was profoundly altered by a virus that has killed more than 2.5 million people to date, while giving a glimpse of what a future with cleaner air might look like – one that could save many lives.