Earth and Environmental Science

A climate expert’s return to Penn

Jen Wilcox, an expert on direct-air capture, is the inaugural faculty appointment in the Kleinman Center and served for three years as principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy. She discusses her time away and her return to Penn.

Nathi Magubane

Fungi on the front lines against environmental injustice

The collective efforts of the Symbiotic Architecture for Environmental Justice research community are making former industrial sites reborn as vibrant community gardens, and safe, green spaces for children to play a reality.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

Understanding the Northeast earthquake

Last week, people in the Northeast experienced a rare earthquake that registered a magnitude of 4.8. Penn Today spoke with David Goldsby of the School of Arts & Sciences and Robert Carpick of the School of Engineering and Applied Science about the event.

Nathi Magubane



In the News


Salon.com

New report accuses Citibank of funding fossil fuel projects amounting to environmental racism

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that from an ethical standpoint banks and investment firms should no longer be financing new fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Fast Company

Dirty water, more pollution, and oil wells on public lands: How a second Trump term would torpedo the environment

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Project 2025 would completely undermine any U.S. action on climate and signify an abdication of American leadership to the world.

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MSNBC

‘Game over for climate action’: top climate scientist on 2nd Trump term

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that another Donald Trump presidency would guarantee the dismantling of federal climate and environmental policies.

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CNN

Michael Mann on CNN with Jim Acosta discussing heat wave across U.S.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that heat waves are going to get more pervasive, intensify, and expand if people fail to act on climate change.

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Salon.com

Florida soaked with epic rainstorms: Yep, it’s climate change

Michael E. Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that continued fossil fuel burning could lead to six feet of sea level rise and the displacement of nearly a billion people by the end of the century.

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Smithsonian Magazine

The western U.S. is sweltering under a ‘heat dome.’ What does that mean?

A study by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences finds that climate change favors the jet stream behavior that produces stagnant high-pressure systems and the extreme heat and drought associated with them.

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