5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Nature Restoration Law barely survives as 1.5C threshold breached in hottest June ever
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that 2023 will be the warmest year on record.
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Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike
Speaking about El Niño conditions, Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “The global surface temperature anomaly is at or near record levels right now, and 2023 will almost certainly be the warmest year on record.”
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Scientists are baffled why the oceans are warming so fast
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences warns that more record-breaking climate conditions and events are to be expected.
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The new Penn QUIEST center aims to centralize quantum tech research
Lee Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science hopes that Penn QUIEST, a joint initiative between Penn Engineering and the School of Arts & Sciences, will be a hub for quantum-related educational opportunities across STEM degree programs.
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AI-generated images are everywhere. Here’s how to spot them
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School recommends that people spend an hour on ChatGPT to try to automate their job.
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North Atlantic Ocean has reached record-high surface temperatures
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that unusual heat in the North Atlantic Ocean may be due to less Saharan dust over the ocean than normal.
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Fox News is full-on denying the wildfire crisis
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Canada’s exceptionally intense wildfire season this year corresponds with a trend of weather patterns that is making the country hotter and drier.
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Heat is coming: Why 2x as many days will be hot in Asbury Park this summer
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the record Northwestern heat wave and last summer’s unprecedented “heat dome” wouldn’t have happened if not for human-caused warming.
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America sleepwalks through a climate crisis. Will this smoke alarm wake us up?
Michael E. Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that eastern North America is one location where people can expect the greatest increase in combined heat and drought from human-caused warming.
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Solar panel breakthrough paves way for ‘utility-scale’ space farms
Deep Jariwala of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues are designing lightweight, efficient solar cells to harvest the Sun’s energy in space at a never-before-seen scale.