From Sept. 16 to 18, Penn State, in partnership with Project Drawdown, will hold the first international conference to learn about and discuss the science underlying Drawdown’s portfolio of 100 solutions aimed at reversing global warming.
Using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies may help scientists better understand weather and weather variability. As the climate changes, this may help prepare people for changes in their region's weather patterns, and better preparedness could save money and lives.
Takemasa Miyoskhi, a RIKEN researcher, will discuss developments in severe weather forecasting with the use of data assimilation models at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 25, in Room 129 ABC of the HUB-Robeson Center. No registration is necessary for the event, which is free and open to the public.
Michael Mann, Penn State Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, explains in that the future is still very much in our hands when it comes to dangerous and damaging summer weather extremes.
A new study using fossil records shows vegetation dramatically changed on Earth during a warming period after the last ice age. Scientists are using the findings to predict how ecosystems will change during similar projected warming over the next 150 years due to greenhouse-gas emissions.
While the overprescribing of opioid-based painkillers may be the main driver of the increased abuse of opioids in rural America, it may be more complex than that. Economists say that other factors, including declining farm income, extreme weather and other natural disasters, may affect a crisis that is killing thousands of citizens and costing the country billions of dollars.
Penn State has signed an open letter to the international community that affirms the University's commitment to support efforts to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Penn State President Eric Barron is one of more than 180 college and university presidents and chancellors, along with governors, city leaders and business heads, who signed the pledge.
Blue-White Weekend attendees and the general public are invited to the Penn State Blue-White Science Expo, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the HUB. The expo offers the community a chance to show their support for research while learning about the newest work from 17 of Penn State’s research faculty. A complete schedule and registration form for tickets is available at http://research.psu.edu/expo.
As the agriculture industry adapts to new technologies, researchers in the College of Agricultural Sciences are finding new ways to use computational simulation models to improve global crop management strategies.
Earth scientists have long studied how changes in climate affect the environment. Now they are increasingly analyzing the risks these changes pose to our economies and everyday lives. A new e-textbook edited by Penn State researchers aims to provide scientists and students with the tools needed for assessing these climate-related risks.
A Penn State scientist is creating numerical models to predict how the Antarctic ice sheets may change in the future and affect the Earth's climate.
Penn State researchers assessed the effects of changing climate conditions on agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, water resources, forestry, energy and human health in the 2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment Update. Researchers also made recommendations to help Pennsylvanians prepare and respond.
An internal inquiry by Penn State into the research and scholarly activities of a well-known climate scientist will move into the investigatory stage, which is the next step in the University's process for reviewing research conduct.In looking at four possible allegations of research misconduct against Michael Mann, a committee determined that further investigation is warranted for one of those allegations.
During the past two weeks, allegations have been made of research misconduct by several scientists engaged in global climate research, including a Penn State faculty member. These allegations have been discussed widely in the media and web-based outlets. Due to the controversial nature of the topic, University officials fully expect that these allegations will be discussed for many months to come and have issued a statement related to the University's policy for handling these types of issues.
Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1,300 years, and, if the climate scientists include the somewhat controversial data derived from tree-ring records, the warming is anomalous for at least 1,700 years.
