Growing Impact: Measuring nitrous oxide emissions
| Featuring Felipe Montes, Armen Kemanian, Estelle Couradeau
Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas with nearly 300 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide, making even small emissions highly impactful. Agriculture, particularly soil management, is the largest source of nitrous oxide. To better understand and manage these emissions, researchers have developed a system for continuous monitoring on farms and other land management purposes.
Climate justice researcher, author to speak at April Climate Conversation Café
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Brianna Craft will present “Storytelling for Climate Justice” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, in 312 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building.
Q&A: Researchers’ approach aims to make AI-powered systems more efficient
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A team of researchers at Penn State are following a “selective learning” approach — where scientists only collect data needed for a specific problem, instead of collecting all available data and sorting through to find what applies to a problem — to make artificial intelligence-powered systems like unmanned autonomous vehicles more efficient. They recently published their approach in Scientific Reports.
Grant helps fund new equipment to support Center for Signal Integrity research
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Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology was awarded a $282,770 grant from the Office of Naval Research to help purchase a high-end instrument that will support research at the college’s Center for Signal Integrity.
Brief scientific literacy interventions may quash new conspiracy theories
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Focusing on critical thinking skills may help to undermine conspiracy beliefs and behaviors before the conspiracy theories have a chance to take root.
Penn State professor Kirk French debuts documentary ‘A Century After Nanook’
| statecollege.com
An audience of nearly 500 filled the State Theatre earlier this month to learn about the Inuit of Inukjuak in the premiere of the documentary “A Century After Nanook.” This article features a presentation given by Kirk French, assistant professor of anthropology and film production/media studies
Zhiqiang Mao named a fellow of the AAAS
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Zhiqiang Mao, professor of physics, of materials science and engineering, and of chemistry, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Four Penn State faculty elected AAAS Fellows
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Four Penn State faculty members have been elected to the most recent cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Call for posters for 2025 Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium
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Penn State students, faculty, staff and symposium attendees are invited to present their work at an in-person poster session highlighting innovative climate solutions.
NOAA, National Weather Service cuts could put Pennsylvanians at risk, climate experts say
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Environmental scientists and meteorologists worry that vital information provided by government forecast agencies will be hard to replicate, making it harder to protect all Americans from extreme weather. This article quotes Rob Lydick, assistant teaching professor of meteorology.
What La Nina ending could mean for Pittsburgh weather — and forecasters
| post-gazette.com
Pittsburghers keeping their eyes to the skies and trying to plan their outfits in the coming months should expect the unexpected. This article quotes Kyle Imhoff, assistant research professor of meteorology and atmospheric science.
Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security
| theconversation.com
Overfishing, disease and environmental crimes cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations. This article was co-written by Bradley Cardinale, professor of ecosystem science and management.