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Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

An ancient micrometeorite under a microscope

Meteorites reveal high carbon dioxide levels on early Earth

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EarthTalks explores global warming, heat waves, and ways to curb CO2 emissions

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Spring 2020 EarthTalks series presents science toward solutions

Storm surge batters a coastal area.

Researchers identify five factors for better coastal risk-management strategies

Andrew Shaughnessy

Geosciences doctoral student awarded 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

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

Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.

Michael Mann awarded the 2019 Praxis Award in Professional Ethics

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Study finds global action needed to ensure acceptable climate futures

Dave Yoxtheimer

Penn State researcher named to Colombian commission on shale energy development

Stephen Mainzer meets with community members from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania at a Coffee Hour hosted by the Hamer Center for Community Design.

Stuckeman-led team earns seed grant to develop solutions to river flooding

glaciers and lava flows, east Greenland

Novel hypothesis goes underground to predict future of Greenland ice sheet

water sampling

Ground and stream water clues reveal shale drilling impacts

drilling rig

Bradford Co. water quality improves; impacts rare near shale gas wells

Dye added to Black Moshannon Creek turned water bright green during a mock spill event

Students see green: Mock spill illustrates potential impact of wastewater leak

Brian Schwartz, professor at Johns Hopkins and senior investigator at Geisinger

Speaker to discuss health data with respect to Marcellus Shale development May 7

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