For Joel Burcat, retired environmental lawyer turned novelist, the first step on his career path was a physical geography course.
Lisa Iulo, associate professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design at Penn State, will discuss strategies for designing the built environment across scales and systems to avoid a global hothouse at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 22.
Researchers whose work addresses natural and cultural resource management topics can learn about partnering opportunities with federal agencies at the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Program Workshop.
A graduate from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will be among 16 outstanding Penn Staters recognized during a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, April 13.
The Penn State Water Council has announced the agenda for the 2021 Water Forum, which will take place virtually on the afternoons of Wednesday, March 24, and Thursday, March 25.
Mark Sentesy, assistant professor of philosophy and classics and ancient Mediterranean studies at Penn State, will discuss the ethics of climate change at 4 p.m. Monday, March 15.
In 2021, Penn State's Sustainability Institute (SI) and the Pennsylvania GreenGov Council are co-hosting a monthly webinar series to educate employees in state agencies and municipal governments about how they can incorporate sustainability into their work.
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) created a new research theme: Urban Systems. The theme will address the essential and urgent needs for sustainable, healthy and affordable solutions for urban areas.
Volcanic eruptions, not natural variability, were the cause of an apparent "Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation" according to a team of climate scientists who looked at a large array of climate modeling experiments.
What role does nuclear energy have in the future of electricity generation? Webinar will discuss the future of nuclear fission for the electric grid on Monday, March 8.
