Past Events: Penn State Energy and Environment Calendar Archive

Climate Dynamics ESSC Brown Bag Seminar with Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Professor of Geosciences, Dept of Geosciences & the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI), Penn State, presenting "Summary of the State of the Greenland Ice Sheet"

Penn State graduate students are invited to attend a science communications workshop on October 23. Learn how to make your research accessible to the media, policymakers, and the public.

Sophia Hines, Lamont Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, to present “Abrupt Climate Change: Insight into glacial ocean dynamics through simple physical models and deep-sea coral measurements"

The subject of mathematical ecology is one of the oldest and most exciting in mathematical biology, and has helped in the management of natural systems and infectious diseases. Though many problems remain in those areas, we face new challenges today in finding ways to cooperate in managing our Global Commons. From behavioral and evolutionary perspectives, our societies display conflict of purpose or fitness across levels, leading to game-theoretic problems in understanding how cooperation emerges in Nature, and how it might be realized in dealing with problems of the Global Commons.

We are excited to announce details of the “Afternoon of Theoretical Ecology” on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, in MSC and LSB.

Water scarcity is one of the major problems facing many countries. South Africa is a water-scarce country and the gap between supply and demand has been increasing. Urbanization has been on the rise, by 2017 almost two-thirds of South African's lived in urban areas. This influx has seen cities like the City of Cape Town struggle to cope with increasing water demand over the years. Prolonged and recurrent drought in recent years in Western Cape triggered a water crisis that culminated to the city declaring a date “day zero” on which it would turn off the taps.

Virginia Weis to present "Coral symbiosis cell biology in the age of climate crisis: Turning discovery into solutions for saving reefs"

Natural gas energy focused students and faculty are invited to partake in the SHALE INSIGHT™ 2019 University Research Showcase on October 22-24 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Located in the exhibit hall, the University Research Showcase will allow students and faculty to showcase their groundbreaking studies, projects and research while networking with the nation’s foremost leaders on shale development.

The workshop will provide origin, distribution, site preferences, dispersal methods, and control measures for each plant. The key principles for controlling different grasses, vines, shrubs, and trees will be examined as each requires slightly different measures.

Hari M. Osofsky, Dean of Penn State Law & the Penn State School of International Affairs, Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of International Affairs, Professor of Geography, will present “The Regulatory Role of Climate Change Litigation”

The United Nations Association of Centre County and Its Council of Organizations invite you to our UN Day Dinner Celebrate 74 years of United Nations hard work and commitment to world peace Learn what the United Nations is accomplishing on climate change Join with 120 UNA Chapters across the nation focused on climate change Welcome internationals from over 30 nations and see the beauty of their flags Keynote Speaker Dr. Tom Richard “The Power of Renewable Natural Gas to Combat Climate Change and Help Save the Planet”

Halting deforestation and forest degradation are central in the efforts to protect forests and achieve sustainability goals in forest landscapes, particularly in the tropics. Forest sustainability has increasingly been framed within broader policy agendas of conservation, climate change and sustainable commodity supply.

Rachel Brennan, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Director of Advanced Ecological Engineering Systems Laboratory, Penn State

Lindsey Sloat, UC Irvine

Join us this Thursday 10/17 for the next Energy for the Future Seminar Series talk: Using Bioelectrochemical and Electrochemical Technologies for Used Water Treatment and Resource Recovery by Bruce E. Logan. This will be from 4-5 p.m. in 401 Steidle building.

Join us for a free and informative webinar! We will welcome Doug Speerstra from Energy Transfer to discuss the process of pipeline construction, covering all aspects of planning and development of the route, the permitting process, construction, reclamation of the site, operations, and the safety and environmental concerns taken on such a project. Don't miss out on this vital information!

Geoscientists (volcanologists) study and monitor active volcanoes to understand the processes that lead to eruption. This talk will review the history of volcanology, monitoring techniques, and use specific examples from the speakers research of active volcanoes in Central America and the Galapagos Islands.

The next century will see unprecedented changes to the climate system with direct consequences for society. As stated in the National Climate Assessment, “changes in extreme weather events are the primary way that most people experience climate change.” In this sense, the characteristics of extreme weather are key indicators of climate change impacts, at both local and regional scales.

Martina Vecchi, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Penn State

The common popular image of the geography of U.S. agriculture is that the nation’s “Heartland” (or breadbasket) dominates in producing the nation’s food. Maps prepared by the USDA’s Economic Research Service have long shown that it is primarily counties in the nation’s center that depend on farming for 25% or more of their income, or at least 16% of their jobs, even as fewer and fewer counties meet this designation. This image leaves only a smaller role for regions such as the Northeast to play in assuring the nation’s food supply.