Penn State alumna Melissa Hockstad to present R.E. Tressler Lecture
Melissa Hockstad, president and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), will deliver the 2020 Richard E. Tressler Lecture in Materials at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, via Zoom.
EESI EarthTalks: Lessons from decade of mentoring underrepresented groups
Sonya Legg and Colleen Mouw know what it takes to foster diverse research communities and will share the lessons they have learned with the Penn State community at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26.
Glimpse deep into Earth's crust finds heat source that may stabilize continents
Rocks from the Rio Grande continental rift have provided a rare snapshot of active geology deep inside Earth’s crust, revealing new evidence for how continents remain stable over billions of years, according to a team of scientists.
Virtual EarthTalks seminars to discuss diversity in environmental sciences
The EESI EarthTalks series “Changemaking made EESI: Fostering inclusive research communities in the Earth and environmental sciences” will explore new perspectives on initiatives that could increase diversity in environmental fields, with a particular slant toward Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS).
Ocean color satellites reveal glacier algae, insights for climate models
The brownish-grey algae that darken the Greenland ice sheet in summer cause the ice to melt faster, but only recently have scientists measured these blooms in the field, and only at few sites. To measure algal blooms across large regions and understand their effects on melting over time, scientists are now turning to space.