While many are focusing on atmospheric solutions to reduce greenhouse gases, some researchers are setting their sights on the ground -- deep underground. Li Li, an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, is investigating geologic carbon sequestration (storing carbon dioxide deep beneath the surface of the Earth) as a ...

James E. Hoke has been named the recipient of the 2012 Charles L. Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal given by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State. Hoke is director of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center of NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction in Camp Springs, Md. ...

Six students from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) earned top awards in the annual Grundy Haven paper competition. The aim of the paper competition is to foster excellence in communicating science to the public....

Penn State has received a significant grant from Chevron Technology Corporation to support student programs, research infrastructure, and scholarships/fellowships in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Smeal College of Business, as well as program support for the Palmer Museum of Art and THON....

Susan L. Brantley, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences at Penn State and director of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences for her excellence in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors ...

Scientists with federal and state agencies, academic researchers, environmental consultants, and watershed group volunteers have collected water-quality data for years as part of efforts to monitor the health of Pennsylvania's waterways. However, while there is virtually a deluge of water-quality data, much of it has never been incorporated into a ...

A new report by the National Science Foundation (NSF) ranked Penn State engineering third in overall research expenditures.Penn State engineering has consistently ranked third in the NSF survey since the 2001 fiscal year. The NSF's latest ranking uses data from the 2010 fiscal year. Among individual fields, three Penn State programs were in the ...

It's a river of wind, usually about 200 miles wide and about 2 miles deep, that flows about 5 to 7 miles above the earth's surface, said climatologist Paul Knight. What most people don't realize is that the jet stream is the major player in how our weather changes....

Three Penn State faculty members have been named Evan Pugh Professors, joining a list of only 62 recognized since the title's inception in 1960. Even Pugh Professorships are the highest honor the University bestows on its faculty. The latest honorees are Jainendra K. Jain, Erwin Mueller Professor of Physics, Eberly College of Science; James F. ...

Terry Engelder, professor of geosciences at Penn State, will be featured on this evening's (April 25) episode of PBS' "America Revealed," a four-part series focused on the complex networks that keep America running. Engelder will be featured in an episode titled "Electric Nation," which will air at 10 p.m. on WPSU and other public television ...

Richard Alley, the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will be the host of three hours of programming on WPSU-TV on Earth Day, April 22. The premiere of two new installments of his "Earth: The Operators' Manual" series, focused on climate change and sustainable energy, will occur at 7 p.m., with the program "Energy Quest U.S.A.," and ...

Golden eagles love Pennsylvania's ridge-and-valley region. The hunched-up topography, with its long linear corridors running southwest to northeast, makes a perfect thruway for their spring and fall migrations. Sustained updrafts along the ridge crests are a particular boon to these and other large raptors, who rely on lift for soaring long ...

Penn State meteorology students recently captured first place in the Weather Challenge, a North American collegiate weather forecasting competition. Penn State's forecasters bested teams from more than 50 other universities. During the 20-week forecasting contest, which spanned both fall and spring semesters, students predicted high and low ...

Richard Hogg, professor emeritus of mineral processing and geo-environmental engineering, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, ...

Garth Lewellyn, principal hydrogeologist with Appalachia Hydrogeologic and Environmental Consulting Inc., will present a talk from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on April 24 in Room 301 of the Steidle Building on the University Park campus. The talk will be titled "Hydrogeologic Conceptual Modeling and Geochemical Considerations for Evaluating Groundwater Flow ...

Five University faculty members have received the 2012 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement. They are Michael Berube, Paterno Family Professor of American Literature in the College of the Liberal Arts, the arts and humanities medal; Venkatraman Gopalan, professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and ...

Penn State's Google Plus page will host a Hangout at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday (April 11) with Kevin Furlong, Penn State professor of geosciences, to discuss earthquakes in light of the massive temblors off the coast of Sumatra Wednesday. Furlong is an internationally sought-after expert who has studied the causes and consequences of earthquakes around ...

State College teacher Bryan Brightbill wants his students to be well grounded - so his seventh graders at Park Forest Middle School have drawn geological cross-sections of central Pennsylvania's rock layers, identified rock samples and even made rocks out of sand and aquarium salt....

Subra Suresh, the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will speak on Thursday, April 5, in Heritage Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Part of this year's Nelson W. Taylor Lecture in Materials, Suresh's presentation, titled "Biomechanics and Human Diseases," will begin at 11 a.m. The event will ...

The photographic exhibit "Eyes to Sea: Underwater Photography by Jeremy Cohen" and accompanying presentations by Cohen, Raymond Najjar, Tim White and Iliana Baums will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on April 22, in the Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Museum Art Gallery in the Deike Building on Penn State's University Park campus....