Gale Blackmer, the Pennsylvania state geologist and director of the Bureau of Geological Survey in the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, delivered a public talk on Monday, Dec. 8. as part of EarthTalks seminar series.
The sudden extinction of the dinosaurs dramatically altered the North American landscape, according to a recent study published by a multi-institutional team including researchers from Penn State.
As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released Dec. 9 from the National Academies and steered by scientists including James Kasting lays out a detailed science strategy to guide the initial human missions to the red planet.
Jennifer Macalady, professor of geosciences and director of the Astrobiology Research Center, moderated a panel of experts for a discussion about SETI after a free screening of the 1997 award-winning film “Contact” on Dec 3.
ICDS' Mid-Scale Seed Grant Program has awarded over $540,000 in total to 24 Penn State faculty members across eight teams representing six colleges and three campuses.
Christelle Wauthier, associate professor of geosciences, will deliver a talk titled “Imaging Deformation Processes in Areas Prone to Natural Hazards with Satellite Geodesy” at noon on Friday, Jan. 23.
Christelle Wauthier and Julian Avery answer questions about volcanic eruptions submitted by elementary school students.
New research has implications for understanding ongoing extinctions, revealing that new species emerged within several thousand years of the mass extinction.
Ann Taylor, senior assistant dean for distance learning and director of the John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence selected as senate chair for the Online and Professional Education Association.
Allison Baczynski, assistant research professor of geosciences at Penn State, (left) led the study alongside Ophélie McIntosh, postdoctoral researcher in Penn State’s Department of Geosciences. They used specialized equipment to study the sample and detect glycine, the simplest amino acid, a tiny two‑carbon molecule that serves as one of life’s basic building blocks