Earth and Mineral Sciences

Earth and Mineral Sciences

A man holds an organic LED luminaires in front of a wall that contains several more identical luminaires

Engineering professor awarded $1.1M grant to increase efficiency of organic LEDs

2019 USAC awards

University Staff Advisory Council honors outstanding staff

Shale Network workshop participants take a tour of the Eureka Resources oil and gas wastewater management facility in Williamsport.

Shale Network workshop brings together diverse stakeholders to discuss shale gas

Penn State shield: A general image used to accompany some pieces of content on Penn State News.

College of IST awards eight seed grants for research projects

Stan Benjamin (left) accepts an award from Lee Kump at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Wilson Awards Banquet

Senior scientist awarded Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal

Bryttani Wooten

Penn State EnvironMentors team wins first place in national competition

Jon Nese and Lee Kump at 2019 Wilson Awards Banquet

Faculty and students honored at college's annual awards banquet

Laguna del Hunco

Argentine fossils take oak and beech family history far into Southern Hemisphere

Bokol Dora 1

Earliest flaked-stone tools found in Ethiopia

Asteroid Impact

Researcher to discuss how life recovered after ancient asteroid impact

A Penn State students presents findings from a recent class project to measure methane leaks around State College

Penn State students hit the road to investigate greenhouse gas emissions

Chris Forest Project Drawdown

Professor of climate dynamics named Project Drawdown Senior Fellow

Mark Klima leading a tour of laboratory used to process coal byproducts

Penn State launches Center for Critical Minerals

Students hiking on glacier

Participation in the GREEN Program inspires EMS students to become ambassadors

drawing of a lattice with carbon-hydrogen molecules being inserted.

Adding a carbon atom transforms 2D semiconducting material

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In the Media

Popular Science
Saving Greenland could save the world
June 11, 2019
The New York Times
Cavity in the Thwaites Glacier concerns researchers
February 01, 2019
The Washington Post
Earth looks a lot like it did 115,000 years ago
February 06, 2019

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Other Voices

The Conversation
How wireless recharging works – and doesn’t, yet
December 17, 2018
The Conversation
Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide
December 08, 2017
The San Francisco Chronicle
Can listening to storms help us understand them?
December 04, 2017

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