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Faculty EarthTalks seminar discusses human heat stress, politics of climate change 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. |
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Faculty Scientists identify flank instability at a volcano with history of collapse 01/26/2021 A method to detect long-term movements of these mountains using satellite images could help identify previously overlooked instability at some volcanoes, according to Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty Mining engineering professor selected as honorary member of AIME 01/20/2021 Barbara Arnold, professor of practice in mining engineering at Penn State, has been awarded honorary membership in American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). |
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Alumni Global alumni profile: Professor Judi Wakhungu 01/19/2021 Penn State alumna Professor Judi Wakhungu, currently Kenya's ambassador to France, Portugal, Serbia, Monaco and the Holy See, always knew deep down that she would make a great impact on the world. |
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Faculty Virtual EarthTalks series focuses on policies, technology to slow global warming 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. |
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Faculty Professor teams up with his former teacher for Planet Geo podcast 01/19/2021 Jesse Reimink remembers the first time someone planted the Earth science seed that for him blossomed into a career in the geosciences. |
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Faculty Climate dynamics seminar examines possible sea-level rise from Thwaites Glacier 01/19/2021 Sridhar Anandakrishnan, professor of geosciences at Penn State, will give an overview of Thwaites Glacier and discuss the prospects for sea-level rise from this and similar glaciers at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27. |
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Research Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety 01/18/2021 Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes. |
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Faculty EESI EarthTalks: Climate scientist Kerry Emanuel to discuss policy options 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. |
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Graduate Student NASA Pa. Space Grant accepting graduate research fellowship applications 01/13/2021 The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC) is currently accepting applications to its graduate research fellowship program. |