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Amanda Mott
Associate Director for News
ammott@upenn.edu
A delegation of University researchers will be providing expertise on a wide array of issues to be discussed at COP28, the annual climate conference of the United Nations.
Letícia Marteleto, a social demographer new to Penn, does research at the intersection of fertility, Zika, COVID-19, climate conditions, urbanicity, and inequality.
In a conversation with Penn Today, Joe Romm casts a sobering light on “solutions” to curb climate change.
Sustainability Director Nina Morris recently shared with the Board of Trustees an update on progress.
Economist R. Jisung Park and political scientist Alice Xu address climate change in an event hosted by the School of Social Policy & Practice.
A new study from researchers at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine indicates that older adults and Black adults are at greater risk of excess deaths.
New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that for residents in areas with record-breaking heat, the perception that the weather is getting hotter increases.
In a session moderated by Simon Richter, panelists Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, and Zinta Zommers discussed the impact of climate change on efforts to conserve biological diversity.
Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.
Shelley Welton, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy at Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, argues for a luxury emissions tax that would focus on grossly excessive personal carbon emissions.
Amanda Mott
Associate Director for News
ammott@upenn.edu
In his recent book “Our Fragile Moment,” Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences details how the history of life on Earth is inextricably tied to the alterations that occur in its climate.
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Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the rise of climate disinformation was organized and orchestrated by opponents of reforms.
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Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences has won the 2023 John Scott Award for his work to address climate change.
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Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that global temperatures should be measured in much longer increments than individual days, weeks, or even a year.
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Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says later frosts will mean that mosquitos and disease-carrying pests like ticks will persist further into autumn.
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Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that decisions by individual climate scientists of whether or not to fly won’t change the system of air travel.
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