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Penn State researchers measured methane plumes in the atmosphere over the south central U.S. on a series of flights

Airborne measurements point to low EPA methane estimates in south central US
2020-01-27

Approximately twice as much methane is seeping into the atmosphere than the Environmental Protection Agency estimates from oil and gas facilities in the south central U.S., according to a series of measurements taken by meteorologists using NASA aircraft.

Penn State students accept an award at the Inaugural Northeast Regional Council Mix Competition.

Undergraduate team wins asphalt pavement mix design competition
2020-01-24

Penn State undergraduate students have been honored with the top prize for their work in the Inaugural Northeast Regional Council Mix Competition, sponsored by the Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA).

EarthTalks explores global warming, heat waves, and ways to curb CO2 emissions
2020-01-24

Jim Kasting, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the science and societal impacts of human-caused global warming and solutions to curb carbon dioxide emissions, at the EarthTalks seminar at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, in 112 Walker Building.

Students visit the Women’s Work exhibit in the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery.

'Women’s Work' exhibit opens in the EMS Museum & Art Gallery
2020-01-22

Steel towns. Mines. Factories. Places like these, once the lifeblood of the industrial economy in Pennsylvania, have since become artifacts of our state’s history.

The first LandscapeU cohort visited the solar farm in Franklin County that will provide Penn State with clean energy.

Student and faculty researchers explore food-energy-water system at solar farm
2020-01-21

From the edge of the farm, the completed solar arrays and those under construction seemed to never end.

Zi-Kui Liu shakes hands with David Furrer at a ceremony in fall 2019

Liu elected president of materials science and engineering society
2020-01-21

Zi-Kui Liu, distinguished professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was recently named president of ASM International.

Penn State junior Gabriel Schaefer toured Iceland on a May 2019 trip as part of the GREEN Program.

Two Penn State EMS undergrads serve as GREEN ambassadors
2020-01-21

On a hike up a glacier in Iceland, Penn State junior Gabriel Schaefer saw the bare, rocky ground once covered by ice.

Climate expert Michael Mann on sabbatical in Australia researching the effects of climate change.

Top weather society honors Mann for children's book on climate change
2020-01-21

Climate expert Michael Mann was honored for his book “The Tantrum that Saved the World," by the American Meteorological Society.

Professor of Geography Jennifer Baka gave the opening fall 2019 Coffee Hour lecture on Sept. 6

Spring speakers for Coffee Hour lecture series announced
2020-01-20

The Department of Geography Coffee Hour lecture series resumes on Friday afternoons beginning Jan. 31 through April 24 for the spring 2020 semester on Penn State's University Park campus.

The Institute for Computational and Data Sciences is accepting applications for its 2020-21 seed grant program

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences accepting seed grant applications
2020-01-17

The Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) is accepting applications for its 2020-21 seed grant program that will help fund projects that leverage Penn State expertise to help advance computation- and data-enabled research.