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Customer shopping for apples

April 29 talk: How California drought affects fresh fruit and vegetable prices

April 21, 2026

Christina McGranaghan

April 22 talk: Using voluntary controls to reduce peak electricity demand

April 15, 2026

April 15 talk: Effect of renewable diesel on air quality

April 07, 2026

Susanna B. Berkouwer

April 8 talk will discuss demand distortions of green subsidies

March 30, 2026

Gabriel Agostini

April 1 talk to focus on national and local migration patterns

March 24, 2026

March 25 talk: 'Effect of sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beer purchases'

March 13, 2026

Lee Kump and Meg Abplanalp

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences staff recognized at annual luncheon

March 03, 2026

Madeline Yozwiak

March 18 talk: Effectiveness of grid hardening on storm-related power outages

March 03, 2026

March 4 talk: Understanding how households respond to utility price changes

February 23, 2026

Feb. 25 seminar: 'Effectiveness of mobile app to improve household food access'

February 17, 2026

Feb. 18 seminar: Energy’s transition from coal to natural gas, renewables

February 10, 2026

Bradley Setzler is an associate professor of economics at Penn State.

Feb. 11 seminar: Labor market adjustments amid import competition

February 03, 2026

An artist's interpretation of life and death after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

New species emerged faster than thought after dinosaur extinction, study finds

January 28, 2026

Christopher Timmins is a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a research associate in the Environmental and Energy Economics group at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Feb. 6 EEEPI seminar: PFAS contamination, news coverage and home prices

January 27, 2026

The Colorado River in Marble Canyon, Arizona, as seen from above.

Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

January 23, 2026

Charring is shown in Michaux State Forest in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, after the Thompson Hollow Fire in April 2025.

$1.74M grant to fund Eastern Fire Network

December 17, 2025

Research Professor Tim White, left, and postdoctoral scholar Nick Sullivan will deliver a talk Oct. 27 as part of the EarthTalks speaker series.

Postponed EarthTalk: Lithium patterns evident in long-mined Pa. formation

December 09, 2025

Gale Blackmer is the Pennsylvania state geologist.

EarthTalks: Pa. sees ‘promising opportunities’ for critical minerals production

December 01, 2025

Laura Schechter is an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sanitation technologies in developing countries the focus of Dec. 10 seminar

December 01, 2025

Christina Lopano is a research physical scientist in the National Energy Technology Laboratory's Research and Innovation Center.

EarthTalks: Research about coal byproducts a window into critical minerals

November 26, 2025

Seminar to explore consumer interest in cell-cultivated food, Dec. 3

November 25, 2025

A group of collaborators including Penn State faculty member Sarah Ivory, center, is photographed on the second day of a three-day trek near Kilembe village, Uganda, on June 26, 2025.

Uganda community collaboration targets climate hazards with reforestation

November 24, 2025

Elisa Alonso is assistant chief for the Minerals Intelligence Research Section at the U.S. Geological Survey.

EarthTalks: Models can assess supply-chain risks around critical minerals

November 13, 2025

Wil Burns is co-founding director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University.

Nov. 19 talk to address carbon dioxide removal at sea

November 11, 2025

A screenshot of a geographic information system application showing streets and schools.

Mapping a new frontier with AI-integrated geographic information systems

November 06, 2025

Sarah Ivory in Dhofar’s Nejd Desert

$13.9M grant to investigate how fire, climate, people shaped Africa’s landscapes

November 06, 2025

A rusted pipe leaks water in a forest.

Defunct Pennsylvania oil and gas wells may leak methane, metals into water

November 06, 2025

Shotaro Nakamura is an assistant professor of agricultural economics in Penn State's Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education.

Nov. 12 seminar to spotlight sources, perceptions of environmental information

November 05, 2025

EarthTalks: Data illuminates ore containing critical minerals

November 03, 2025

Three people stand on a dirt pathway with lush green hills in the background in Malawi.

Penn State undergraduates reflect on Malawi fieldwork with ECODRYFOREST project

October 29, 2025

Geochemist Rens Verburg is a senior vice president at the engineering and professional services firm WSP USA.

EarthTalks: Executive to address mine development, needs in critical minerals

October 27, 2025

Erica Smithwick is a distinguished professor of geography in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

Erica Smithwick to participate in panel on communicating climate research

October 27, 2025

Tiemeng Ma is a doctoral candidate in energy, environmental and food economics at Penn State.

Oct. 29 seminar to discuss effects of California power shutoffs

October 21, 2025

Sarma Pisupati working in a lab at Penn State University Park.

EarthTalks highlights critical minerals research with fall series

October 21, 2025

Reddish Martian soil is seen with flecks of Martian ice.

Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say

October 15, 2025

Benjamin Edelstein of Loyola University Chicago

Oct. 22 seminar to explore water impact fees in Colorado

October 13, 2025

Camilo Younes-Velosa is a Penn State visiting scholar from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Oct. 15 seminar to spotlight Colombia’s hydropower, electricity market

October 06, 2025

An aerial view of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

New tool helps forecast volcano slope collapses and tsunamis

October 03, 2025

Thandie Moyo is an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

EarthTalks: Understanding mineral composition key to advancing metal recovery

September 30, 2025

Xibo Wan is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Connecticut.

Oct. 8 seminar to explore usage gaps at farmers' markets

September 30, 2025

Maureen Feineman is an associate research professor of geosciences at Penn State.

EarthTalks: How Pennsylvania’s industrial past can support tech, energy

September 16, 2025

Sarma Pisupati, director of the Center for Critical Minerals at Penn State

EarthTalks: Turning waste into sources of critical minerals, rare earth elements

September 10, 2025

Yuhui Jeong is a doctoral candidate in energy, environmental and food economics at Penn State.

Sept. 17 seminar: Environmental, market effects of commercial organic waste ban

September 10, 2025

Dale Whittington of UNC-Chapel Hill

Sept. 10 seminar: Policy mix can promote transition to 'circular' water systems

September 03, 2025

Fall EarthTalks will spotlight critical minerals as economic, security necessity

September 02, 2025

Student working in a garden on a green space lot located on a city block

Urban sustainability, high-performance building design lessons in Pittsburgh

August 26, 2025

A cow and two water buffalo appear in Bharatpur Municipality, Chitwan District, Nepal

In disaster-prone Nepal, farmers sticking with agriculture amid climate risks

August 13, 2025

A dual degree environmental engineering and biogeochemistry graduate student stands for a photo outdoors.

Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems

July 16, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

a turfgrass lawn at a golf course

Lawn story: Turfgrass data may improve urban greenhouse gas emission estimates

June 06, 2025

April 23 EEEPI seminar: effect of fuel taxes on legislative outcomes

April 15, 2025

EEEPI seminar: Estimating the health care cost of sugar-sweetened beverages

April 09, 2025

EarthTalks: Support for deploying new technologies for clean energy systems

April 08, 2025

Lee Kump and JP Maria

Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty and students honored at college's awards ceremony

April 08, 2025

Penn State mourns loss of world-renowned meteorologist Jenni Evans

April 07, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Richard Alley on sea-level rise and ice sheets

March 31, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Four Penn State faculty elected AAAS Fellows

March 27, 2025

April 2 seminar: Emissions trading effect on water quality, carbon sequestration

March 24, 2025

Benjamin Collier

March 26 seminar to discuss effect of emergency credit on households’ finances

March 19, 2025

March 19 seminar to discuss hedging economic risks related to climate change

March 13, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour lecture to feature Sophie Webber on climate finance

March 13, 2025

Aftermath of extensive flooding along the New Jersey shore following Hurricane Sandy.

Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations

March 10, 2025

Seminar to discuss impact of revealing indoor air pollution on behavior, welfare

February 25, 2025

EarthTalks: Widga to discuss museums as partners in broader impact activities

February 25, 2025

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Customer shopping for apples

April 29 talk: How California drought affects fresh fruit and vegetable prices

April 21, 2026

Christina McGranaghan

April 22 talk: Using voluntary controls to reduce peak electricity demand

April 15, 2026

April 15 talk: Effect of renewable diesel on air quality

April 07, 2026

Susanna B. Berkouwer

April 8 talk will discuss demand distortions of green subsidies

March 30, 2026

Gabriel Agostini

April 1 talk to focus on national and local migration patterns

March 24, 2026

March 25 talk: 'Effect of sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beer purchases'

March 13, 2026

Lee Kump and Meg Abplanalp

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences staff recognized at annual luncheon

March 03, 2026

Madeline Yozwiak

March 18 talk: Effectiveness of grid hardening on storm-related power outages

March 03, 2026

March 4 talk: Understanding how households respond to utility price changes

February 23, 2026

Feb. 25 seminar: 'Effectiveness of mobile app to improve household food access'

February 17, 2026

Feb. 18 seminar: Energy’s transition from coal to natural gas, renewables

February 10, 2026

Bradley Setzler is an associate professor of economics at Penn State.

Feb. 11 seminar: Labor market adjustments amid import competition

February 03, 2026

An artist's interpretation of life and death after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

New species emerged faster than thought after dinosaur extinction, study finds

January 28, 2026

Christopher Timmins is a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a research associate in the Environmental and Energy Economics group at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Feb. 6 EEEPI seminar: PFAS contamination, news coverage and home prices

January 27, 2026

The Colorado River in Marble Canyon, Arizona, as seen from above.

Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

January 23, 2026

Charring is shown in Michaux State Forest in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, after the Thompson Hollow Fire in April 2025.

$1.74M grant to fund Eastern Fire Network

December 17, 2025

Research Professor Tim White, left, and postdoctoral scholar Nick Sullivan will deliver a talk Oct. 27 as part of the EarthTalks speaker series.

Postponed EarthTalk: Lithium patterns evident in long-mined Pa. formation

December 09, 2025

Gale Blackmer is the Pennsylvania state geologist.

EarthTalks: Pa. sees ‘promising opportunities’ for critical minerals production

December 01, 2025

Laura Schechter is an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sanitation technologies in developing countries the focus of Dec. 10 seminar

December 01, 2025

Christina Lopano is a research physical scientist in the National Energy Technology Laboratory's Research and Innovation Center.

EarthTalks: Research about coal byproducts a window into critical minerals

November 26, 2025

Seminar to explore consumer interest in cell-cultivated food, Dec. 3

November 25, 2025

A group of collaborators including Penn State faculty member Sarah Ivory, center, is photographed on the second day of a three-day trek near Kilembe village, Uganda, on June 26, 2025.

Uganda community collaboration targets climate hazards with reforestation

November 24, 2025

Elisa Alonso is assistant chief for the Minerals Intelligence Research Section at the U.S. Geological Survey.

EarthTalks: Models can assess supply-chain risks around critical minerals

November 13, 2025

Wil Burns is co-founding director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University.

Nov. 19 talk to address carbon dioxide removal at sea

November 11, 2025

A screenshot of a geographic information system application showing streets and schools.

Mapping a new frontier with AI-integrated geographic information systems

November 06, 2025

Sarah Ivory in Dhofar’s Nejd Desert

$13.9M grant to investigate how fire, climate, people shaped Africa’s landscapes

November 06, 2025

A rusted pipe leaks water in a forest.

Defunct Pennsylvania oil and gas wells may leak methane, metals into water

November 06, 2025

Shotaro Nakamura is an assistant professor of agricultural economics in Penn State's Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education.

Nov. 12 seminar to spotlight sources, perceptions of environmental information

November 05, 2025

EarthTalks: Data illuminates ore containing critical minerals

November 03, 2025

Three people stand on a dirt pathway with lush green hills in the background in Malawi.

Penn State undergraduates reflect on Malawi fieldwork with ECODRYFOREST project

October 29, 2025

Geochemist Rens Verburg is a senior vice president at the engineering and professional services firm WSP USA.

EarthTalks: Executive to address mine development, needs in critical minerals

October 27, 2025

Erica Smithwick is a distinguished professor of geography in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

Erica Smithwick to participate in panel on communicating climate research

October 27, 2025

Tiemeng Ma is a doctoral candidate in energy, environmental and food economics at Penn State.

Oct. 29 seminar to discuss effects of California power shutoffs

October 21, 2025

Sarma Pisupati working in a lab at Penn State University Park.

EarthTalks highlights critical minerals research with fall series

October 21, 2025

Reddish Martian soil is seen with flecks of Martian ice.

Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say

October 15, 2025

Benjamin Edelstein of Loyola University Chicago

Oct. 22 seminar to explore water impact fees in Colorado

October 13, 2025

Camilo Younes-Velosa is a Penn State visiting scholar from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Oct. 15 seminar to spotlight Colombia’s hydropower, electricity market

October 06, 2025

An aerial view of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

New tool helps forecast volcano slope collapses and tsunamis

October 03, 2025

Thandie Moyo is an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

EarthTalks: Understanding mineral composition key to advancing metal recovery

September 30, 2025

Xibo Wan is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Connecticut.

Oct. 8 seminar to explore usage gaps at farmers' markets

September 30, 2025

Maureen Feineman is an associate research professor of geosciences at Penn State.

EarthTalks: How Pennsylvania’s industrial past can support tech, energy

September 16, 2025

Sarma Pisupati, director of the Center for Critical Minerals at Penn State

EarthTalks: Turning waste into sources of critical minerals, rare earth elements

September 10, 2025

Yuhui Jeong is a doctoral candidate in energy, environmental and food economics at Penn State.

Sept. 17 seminar: Environmental, market effects of commercial organic waste ban

September 10, 2025

Dale Whittington of UNC-Chapel Hill

Sept. 10 seminar: Policy mix can promote transition to 'circular' water systems

September 03, 2025

Fall EarthTalks will spotlight critical minerals as economic, security necessity

September 02, 2025

Student working in a garden on a green space lot located on a city block

Urban sustainability, high-performance building design lessons in Pittsburgh

August 26, 2025

A cow and two water buffalo appear in Bharatpur Municipality, Chitwan District, Nepal

In disaster-prone Nepal, farmers sticking with agriculture amid climate risks

August 13, 2025

A dual degree environmental engineering and biogeochemistry graduate student stands for a photo outdoors.

Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems

July 16, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

a turfgrass lawn at a golf course

Lawn story: Turfgrass data may improve urban greenhouse gas emission estimates

June 06, 2025

April 23 EEEPI seminar: effect of fuel taxes on legislative outcomes

April 15, 2025

EEEPI seminar: Estimating the health care cost of sugar-sweetened beverages

April 09, 2025

EarthTalks: Support for deploying new technologies for clean energy systems

April 08, 2025

Lee Kump and JP Maria

Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty and students honored at college's awards ceremony

April 08, 2025

Penn State mourns loss of world-renowned meteorologist Jenni Evans

April 07, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Richard Alley on sea-level rise and ice sheets

March 31, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Four Penn State faculty elected AAAS Fellows

March 27, 2025

April 2 seminar: Emissions trading effect on water quality, carbon sequestration

March 24, 2025

Benjamin Collier

March 26 seminar to discuss effect of emergency credit on households’ finances

March 19, 2025

March 19 seminar to discuss hedging economic risks related to climate change

March 13, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour lecture to feature Sophie Webber on climate finance

March 13, 2025

Aftermath of extensive flooding along the New Jersey shore following Hurricane Sandy.

Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations

March 10, 2025

Seminar to discuss impact of revealing indoor air pollution on behavior, welfare

February 25, 2025

EarthTalks: Widga to discuss museums as partners in broader impact activities

February 25, 2025

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