Earth and Mineral Sciences

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Sarah Lowum

Lowum wins NSF graduate fellowship to investigate how to improve cold sintering

Max Challenge

Meteorology students win inaugural Max University Challenge

Bearded man wearing safety glasses in laboratory conducts an experiment in a laboratory.

Researchers develop novel process to fabricate battery materials

Researchers measure post-fire carbon emissions in Yosemite National Park.

Forest carbon still plentiful post-wildfire after century of fire exclusion

Molly Hanlon is a postdoc in the Department of Plant Science.

Penn State Postdoc Society announces 2019 award recipients

Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown

Global climate solution leaders to participate in Drawdown conference

Materials science graduate student wins NSF fellowship to study microelectronics

Researchers seismically image Shale Hills water catchment

The Shale Hills research site, as seen from a 100-foot flux tower.

Undergraduates map subsurface at Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

Center for Sustainable Landscapes

Study Away Pittsburgh program brings sustainability learning closer to home

EnvironMentors is seeking mentors at all levels, including faculty, graduate students and undergraduates.

Faculty mentors sought for the Penn State EnvironMentors program

Students recently toured Thailand for a Maymester study course that focused on how a developing nation deals with natural disasters.

Travel course offers first-hand look at natural hazards facing Thailand

Tom Hogan at Engagement Summit

Five added to Student Engagement Network's Faculty Academy

A model rocket takes off at the Apollo 11 rocket launch event.

Penn State celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with STEM events

Mount Kilauea eastern rift zone

Careful analysis of volcano's plumbing system may give tips on pending eruptions

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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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