Our graduate students are integral to the research we conduct, and they also are dedicated to making a difference in communities. Learn more about their research, outreach efforts, and other projects below.
EarthTalks seminar discusses human heat stress, politics of climate change
01/26/2021
01/26/2021
James Kasting, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the dangers of human heat stress and the politics of climate change at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1 as part of the EarthTalks series.
Virtual EarthTalks series focuses on policies, technology to slow global warming
01/19/2021
01/19/2021
The spring 2021 EESI EarthTalks series, "Energy and climate policy: How to avoid a global hothouse," will address questions related to carbon taxes, renewable energy subsidies and the feasibility of carbon sequestration, among other topics.
NASA Pa. Space Grant accepting graduate research fellowship applications
01/13/2021
01/13/2021
The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC) is currently accepting applications to its graduate research fellowship program.
EESI EarthTalks: Climate scientist Kerry Emanuel to discuss policy options
01/13/2021
01/13/2021
Renowned meteorologist and climate scientist Kerry Emanuel, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT, will discuss policy options to slow global warming at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25.
Leaf fossils show severe end-Cretaceous plant extinction in southern Argentina
01/04/2021
01/04/2021
Fossil leaf assemblages from Patagonia, Argentina, suggest that vegetation in South America suffered great losses following an astroid impact but rebounded quickly.
Deep, slow-slip action may direct largest earthquakes and their tsunamis
12/21/2020
12/21/2020
A team of geoscientists thinks the key to understanding some destructive earthquakes may lie in the deep, gradual slow-slip behaviors beneath the subduction zones.
Penn State seeks nominations for Earthshot Prize for environmental solutions
12/03/2020
12/03/2020
Penn State was selected as an official nominator for the Earthshot Prize, a competition aimed at identifying the most promising solutions to environmental challenges.
EESI EarthTalks: A conversation about diversity in law, environmental science
11/02/2020
11/02/2020
Danielle M. Conway, dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law; and Lee Kump, dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, will join EarthTalks for a conversation about initiatives to increase diversity among the faculty, staff and students in their respective colleges.
EESI EarthTalks: Lessons from decade of mentoring underrepresented groups
10/19/2020
10/19/2020
Sonya Legg and Colleen Mouw know what it takes to foster diverse research communities and will share the lessons they have learned with the Penn State community at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26.
Glimpse deep into Earth's crust finds heat source that may stabilize continents
10/16/2020
10/16/2020
Rocks from the Rio Grande continental rift have provided a rare snapshot of active geology deep inside Earth's crust, revealing new evidence for how continents remain stable over billions of years, according to a team of scientists.