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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Bot or not? How to tell when you’re reading something written by AI
The research of Chris Callison-Burch, Liam Dugan, and Daphne Ippolito of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is the subject of this article on a new challenge for internet users: how to tell whether something was written by a human or a machine.
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The new ‘abnormal’: Experts agree climate change will intensify droughts and heatwaves in the future
A study co-authored by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences concludes that the recent series of heat waves, wildfires, and other extreme weather events are just the beginning of the disasters spawned by climate change.
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How fireworks could worsen air quality
A report by chemists from Penn reveals that firework combustion releases harmful chemicals and metals into the environment that impact air quality, drinking water and public health.
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‘Armageddon’ is 25 years old: Scientists agree this problematic blockbuster aged like warm milk
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a scene mocking scientists in the movie “Armageddon” is vicious, ignorant, and mean-spirited.
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Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences warns against “cherry picking” one set of climate change data from one region over a relatively short period of time.
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Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the ‘new abnormal’
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that continuing to warm the planet will lead to an ever-moving baseline of worse and worse disasters.
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“No end in sight” to wildfire smoke suffocating American cities. And yes, climate change is to blame
Michael E. Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that climate change is causing big high-pressure systems with hot sinking air to get stuck in one particular region of the country.
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Texas suffers under brutal, early heat wave. Experts say climate change is fueling it
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the current June heat wave in northern Mexico and the south-central U.S. is unusual, with climate change leading to persistent “stuck” summer jet stream patterns.
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Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today’s climate disaster
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains why the Republican Party’s official stance became the rejection of environmental science during the George W. Bush years.
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A once-shuttered California mine is trying to transform the rare earth industry
Eric Schelter of the School of Arts & Sciences cautions that the economics of rare earth production are challenging and have worked against U.S. industry in the past.