Thandie Moyo, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, will give a public talk, “From Ore to Metal: Designing efficient extraction pathways with mineralogical and geochemical precision,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, in 112 Walker Building. The free presentation is part of the EarthTalks series held by the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.

Xibo Wan, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Connecticut, will lead a seminar on visitor patterns at farmers’ markets and prospects for improving access to healthy food. His free talk, part of the fall seminar series hosted by the Initiative for Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy, will take place at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in 157 Hosler.

Simple fiber-optic cables that are essential for powering the internet can be a useful tool in spotting geohazards such as sinkholes, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.

Kelly Neill, an assistant professor in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney, will lead a seminar at Penn State on the valuation of water that is used to create electricity on Oct. 1 in the Hosler Building. The talk is part of the fall seminar series hosted by the Initiative for Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy.

Three meteorology and atmospheric science majors spent a summer internship with NASA and NOAA to forecast clouds, wind and precipitation for a multi-aircraft research campaign monitoring atmospheric greenhouse gases.