EarthTalks: How Pennsylvania’s industrial past can support tech, energy
Maureen Feineman, associate research professor of geosciences at Penn State, will give a public talk, “A Critical Legacy: Rare Earth Elements in Waste Products from Historical Mining and Smelting in PA,”.
Ancient DNA reveals mastodons migrated, evolved in response to shifting climate
“The story of North American mastodons has been surprisingly full of twists and turns,” said Wigda, who also directs Penn State’s Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery.
Q&A: Dating fossils from hotbed period of early human evolution
Geoscientist Erin DiMaggio details team's discovery that early Homo and Australopithecus co-existed
Fall EarthTalks will spotlight critical minerals as economic, security necessity
EarthTalks fall 2025 series, “Critical Minerals — A National Economic and Security Imperative,” will highlight the need for a reliable supply chain of critical minerals and the ongoing research to locate these resources.
Bridget Reheard named summer 2025 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences marshal
Bridget Reheard, a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, native, has been named the student marshal for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ summer 2025 commencement ceremony
In disaster-prone Nepal, farmers sticking with agriculture amid climate risks
In Nepal how farmers perceive climate-related risks often leads them to double down on agriculture instead of exploring other livelihoods.
Imperfect underground processes help filter wastewater in Florida Keys
Algal blooms can upset delicate balances of marine and plant life in environments like the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, where researchers from Penn State examined nitrate and phosphate near a wastewater treatment facility in Marathon.
Q&A: Professor emeritus reflects on his research, teaching career in geosciences
Peter Heaney retired on June 30 after a 27-year career at Penn State
Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems
Valerie Smykalov, a doctoral student in the dual title biogeochemistry program, was recently awarded a three-year U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship to support her work studying carbon movement through freshwater systems.
Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool
A team led by researchers at Penn State developed a new method to evaluate cracks that destabilize ice shelves and accelerate loss of sea ice.