NSF CAREER award to advance understanding of how early Earth continents formed
Jesse Reimink will use the Faculty Early Career Development Program from the National Science Foundation to shed light on how the Earth’s continents took shape between 2.5 and 4 billion years ago
Florida Keys offers foray into marine research for spring breakers
During spring break, undergraduate and graduate students taking a course on marine biogeochemistry visited the Florida Keys for field exercises.
Decoding the leaf: scientists search for features to ID modern, fossil leaves
A team led by Penn State scientists combined a machine learning approach and traditional botanical language to find and describe new features for fossil identification.
Kump elected to National Academy of Sciences
Lee Kump, John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States.
Susan Brantley named an Evan Pugh University Professor
Brantley, the Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professor in Geosciences, was recently one of two professors named an Evan Pugh University Professor.
A prehistoric forest grows in Brunei
The first study of leaf fossils conducted on the island of Borneo has revealed that the current dominant tree group, the dipterocarps, has dominated the rainforests for at least four million years.
Beetle in the coconut: Fossil find sheds new light on Neotropical rainforests
Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists studying suspected insect damage in a 60-million-year-old fossil.
Geosciences programs continue to shine in U.S. News graduate rankings
Graduate programs in Penn State's Department of Geosciences were recently recognized among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report's 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
Alysha Ulrich nominated for Udall Scholarship
Alysha Ulrich, a junior majoring in majoring in earth science and policy, is one of two students nominated to the national Udall Undergraduate Scholarship.
Meltwater drainage, break-away icebergs linked at shrinking Helheim Glacier
Dark patches of open sea that appear in the ice-choked water around Helheim Glacier may reveal new clues about how a rapidly changing Greenland glacier loses ice, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists.