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Earth and Environmental Science
How is the world working to save biodiversity?
How is the world working to save biodiversity?
A Sept. 18 panel hosted by the Environmental Innovations Initiative and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies discussed local and global initiatives.
A climate expert’s return to Penn
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.
Sound research as a lens to understanding the world
Sound research as a lens to understanding the world
Researchers across Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are turning to sound for new answers to questions on subjects from birdsong to the benefits of music exposure.
Does heat travel differently in tight spaces?
Does heat travel differently in tight spaces?
New research led by Penn scientists offers insights into fundamental problems in fluid mechanics, findings that pave the way for more efficient heat transfer in myriad systems.
Uncovering the drivers of a million-year-old glacial transition
Uncovering the drivers of a million-year-old glacial transition
Driving a climate model forward and backward in time, Mann Research Group scientists found strong path dependence in the evolution of Plio-Pleistocene glaciations.
Fungi on the front lines against environmental injustice
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.
Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists
Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists
Michael Mann and Kathleen Hall Jamieson are co-teaching the Climate Change and Communication course this spring, tied to the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference, held this year at Penn.
2024 tropical cyclone prediction
2024 tropical cyclone prediction
Michael Mann and colleagues predict a record-breaking 33 named storms for the 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season. It is the highest count ever projected.
What the EPA limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in water mean
What the EPA limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in water mean
Brianne Callahan of the Water Center explains the new regulations on PFAS, plus how they might affect consumer water bills, health, and more.
Understanding the Northeast earthquake
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.
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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