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The 2021 Water Forum will take place virtually on the afternoons of March 24 and 25

2021 Water Forum to take place on March 24, 25 03/10/2021

The Penn State Water Council has announced the agenda for the 2021 Water Forum, which will take place virtually on the afternoons of Wednesday, March 24, and Thursday, March 25.

EarthTalks series examines climate ethics, social systems and human health 03/08/2021

Mark Sentesy, assistant professor of philosophy and classics and ancient Mediterranean studies at Penn State, will discuss the ethics of climate change at 4 p.m. Monday, March 15.

Cities, like pictured here, are part of a new IEE research theme, Urban Systems

Addressing the energy, environmental complexities of urban areas 03/05/2021

The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) created a new research theme: Urban Systems. The theme will address the essential and urgent needs for sustainable, healthy and affordable solutions for urban areas.

Penn State's Sustainability Institute, located in the Land and Water Research Building

Sustainability Institute and GreenGov Council partner on sustainability series 03/05/2021

In 2021, Penn State’s Sustainability Institute (SI) and the Pennsylvania GreenGov Council are co-hosting a monthly webinar series to educate employees in state agencies and municipal governments about how they can incorporate sustainability into their work.

Apparent Atlantic warming cycle likely an artifact of climate forcing 03/04/2021

Volcanic eruptions, not natural variability, were the cause of an apparent "Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation" according to a team of climate scientists who looked at a large array of climate modeling experiments.