Climate impacts could put major fishery, food security at risk in East Africa
| news.psu.edu
Climate change could put a major fishery at risk in one of the world’s most vulnerable regions. Lake Tanganyika is home to small pelagic fish that feed millions of people in East Africa, but certain climatic changes could threaten fish stocks and regional food security, according to researchers.
Penn State Harrisburg to hold Faculty Research Day
| psu.edu
The Office of Research and Outreach at Penn State Harrisburg will hold Faculty Research Day from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. via Zoom. Ann M. Schlenker, director of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, will deliver the keynote address.
Ice melt projections may underestimate Antarctic contribution to sea level rise
| news.psu.edu
Fluctuations in the weather can have a significant impact on melting Antarctic ice, and models that do not include this factor can underestimate the global impact of sea level rise, according to Penn State scientists.
New water group for graduate students
| news.psu.edu
Penn State graduate students who are interested in water scholarship and research are invited to attend a fall kick-off meeting for an emerging water student group.
Four new faculty members join Department of Chemical Engineering
| psu.edu
Four new researchers are joining the faculty of Penn State’s Department of Chemical Engineering.
Harvesting vegetation on riparian buffers barely reduces water-quality benefits
| news.psu.edu
Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of those streamside tracts to protect water quality by capturing nutrients and sediment — and it will boost farmers’ willingness to establish buffers.
Coral’s resilience to warming may depend on iron
| news.psu.edu
The ability of the microalgae that live within coral cells to respond to warming water temperatures in part depends on the amount of iron available to it, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers.
Fracking bill analysis reveals how states may influence each other's policies
| news.psu.edu
Even though State governments routinely rely upon interest groups to help them as they craft legislation, researchers found that certain peer-leader states, like Pennsylvania and Colorado, have greater influence in shaping states’ fracking policies, in a study led by Penn State Professor of Geography Jennifer Baka.
Team wins grant to develop nitrogen fertilizer decision tool for organic farmers
| psu.edu
Penn State researchers have received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to perfect a tool they developed to help organic corn producers decide how much nitrogen — as fertilizer or manure — to apply to their crop fields.
Critical zone science comes of age
| eos.org
The developing field, which unites Earth scientists to examine the planet’s surface as a single, unified entity, is unraveling the complex, interconnected processes that support life on Earth.
What is hurricane storm surge, and why can it be so catastrophic?
| theconversation.com
How destructive storm surge gets depends on both the hurricane and the shape of the land.
Five researchers join the Institutes of Energy and the Environment
| news.psu.edu
Five Penn State researchers have become cofunded faculty in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.
Once a frozen haven, climate-driven rising temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic permafrost, posing a major threat to communities and infrastructure. Researchers are investigating how these changes will transform rivers, with potential consequences for erosion, sediment transport, and the entire Arctic landscape. Additionally, their project incorporates art to communicate these critical findings in an engaging way. Listen to the podcast.
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