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4/30
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the combination of drought, winds from a high-pressure system, and a passing hurricane led to a compound climate catastrophe in Maui.
Penn In the News
Andrew Rappe of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues have developed high-quality, single-crystal oxide thin films, aligned in such a way that the lithium ions can move even faster along vertical ionic transport channels.
Penn In the News
Helene Pilorge of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that the rocks in the subsoil of Louisiana and Texas are sedimentary rocks, different from Icelandic basalts but perfectly viable for storing CO2.
Penn In the News
Benjamin L. Schmitt of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Weitzman School of Design says that sentiment in the scientific and astronaut communities has begun to shift toward a future in which NASA and Roscosmos are no longer close partners.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences estimates that about five-sixths of the recent climate warming is from human burning of fossil fuels, with about one-sixth due to a strong El Niño.
Penn In the News
A study from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design estimates that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could help Pennsylvania reduce CO2 emissions by 225 million tons between 2020 and 2030.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how human-caused warming from fossil fuel burning is impacting rain patterns and persistent weather extremes.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that climate warming had been muted by sulphate aerosol pollution, but that the science was well-known enough to anticipate more warming given the continuation of fossil fuel burning.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences predicts there will be more record setting in oceanic heating into next year.
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A study conducted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design reveals that Kenya has emerged as a global leader in solar energy generation by creating favorable conditions for harnessing solar power.