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Thermus scotoductus cells

A microbial hot spring in your basement

1/14/19

Microbes that thrive in some of the most extreme places on Earth have discovered another cozy place to live — inside homes across the United States.

Outcrops in Pakistan

Fires fueled spread of grasslands on ancient Earth

11/28/18

Ancient wildfires played a crucial role in the formation and spread of grasslands like those that now cover large parts of the Earth, according to scientists at Penn State and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Society of Exploration Geophysicists president, Nancy House, presenting Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geophysics, with the 2018 J. Clarence Karcher Award.

Zhu recognized by Society of Exploration Geophysicists with Karcher Award

11/27/18

Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geophysics in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, has been awarded the 2018 J. Clarence Karcher Award by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. The award recognizes significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist.

Tanya Furman, professor of geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is named president-elect of the American Geophysical Union education section

Furman named president-elect of new American Geophysical Union section

11/8/18

Tanya Furman, professor of geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, will serve as president-elect of the new education section of the American Geophysical Union. The section aims to develop a diverse, inclusive and dynamic earth and space science talent pool.

Greenland Ics Sheet

$490K grant funds unique Greenland glacier study

9/10/18

A more comprehensive way to understand the fracturing of Greenland's Helheim Glacier may now be possible thanks to a $489,000 grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to a team of Penn State researchers to launch a feasibility study.

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