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El Niño ripple effects may extend to hurricane season
Axios

El Niño ripple effects may extend to hurricane season

A new outlook by Michael Mann and Shannon Christiansen of the School of Arts & Sciences estimates that the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to feature between 12 and 20 named storms.

Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
A panel sits at at table in Perry World House as a presenter on the right stands at a podium explaining his research.

Bodong Chen of the Graduate School of Education (right, at podium) discusses his project that focuses on helping integrate sustainable development goals into schools in China.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Global)

Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Fund is supporting the 19 new faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America, India, China, and beyond. 

Kristen de Groot

What fossils tell us about the dining habits of dinosaurs
Paleontologist Ali Nabavizadeh in his office with dinosaur drawings on the computer

Paleontologist Ali Nabavizadeh of the School of Veterinary Medicine is coauthor of a soon-to-be-published book on dinosaur feeding that compiles more than a century of research on the topic.

(Image: John Donges/Penn Vet)

What fossils tell us about the dining habits of dinosaurs

More than a century of research is vividly shared in ‘An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology’ by Ali Nabavizadeh of the School of Veterinary Medicine and David B. Weishampel of Johns Hopkins University.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Global ocean temperatures spike to record levels as El Niño nears
Axios

Global ocean temperatures spike to record levels as El Niño nears

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how a La Niña event giving way to an El Niño causes a sizable increase in tropical Pacific and global ocean surface temperatures.

Record ocean heating spike may herald acceleration of global warming
Discover Magazine

Record ocean heating spike may herald acceleration of global warming

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that people should focus on the longer-term outlook of steady overall ocean heating, not the fleeting impacts of El Niño and La Niña on surface temperature.

Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration
person dressed as a polar bear performs for a crowd

John Jarboe of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret performed as “the last polar bear on Earth” at WHYY headquarters. 

(Image: Emily Kaufman/PPEH)

Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration

More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
Associated Press

Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the recent rise in ocean temperatures represents a growing El Niño on top of a steady human-caused warming increase.