Climatologist Ronald Stouffer honored with Penn State Alumni Fellow Award

— posted on Feb 27, 2013 01:47 PM

Ronald J. Stouffer (’76, '77g, Earth and Mineral Sciences) senior research climatologist and head of the Climate and Ecosystems Group at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was honored with the lifelong title of Penn State Alumni Fellow.

Weather: a convenient scapegoat for poor financial performance

Ozone masks plant's volatiles, plant eating insects confused

— posted on May 17, 2013 11:30 AM

"Insects detect odor with olfactory receptors located on their antennae," said Jose D. Fuentes, professor of meteorology, Penn State. "These receptors sense plant-emitted volatile organic compounds in very small amounts -- as low as six molecules hitting an antenna."

NASA is in town, Porterville site of NASA air quality study

— posted on Jan 21, 2013 09:43 AM

Dr. Anne Thompson, lead scientist and professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, center, Dr. Douglas Martins, field leader and post-doctoral researcher in the meteorology department at Penn State, left, and graduate student Hannah Halliday, inflate a weather balloon that will measure air quality Thursday. The collected data will allow for better observation of air quality from space.

Patrick Ritsko's poster is awarded second place out of more than 160 student entries

Michael Mann interviewed by AccuWeather.com's Evan Myers

Recently observed extreme temperatures at high northern latitudes are rare by definition, making the longer time span afforded by climate proxies important for assessing how the frequency of such extremes may be changing.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Depletion of Antarctic ozone is a more important factor than increasing greenhouse gases in shifting the Southern Hemisphere jet stream in a southward direction, according to researchers at Penn State.

Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology and director of Penn State's Earth System Science Center, will receive the National Wildlife Federation's National Conservation Achievement Award for Science on Sept. 25.

Navy rear admiral appointed to direct new center on weather and climate risk solutions

— posted on Sep 12, 2013 04:52 PM

Titley brings his knowledge of climate change as it relates to national security to Penn State

"A Proposal for Analyzing and Forecasting Lower-Atmospheric Undular Bores in the Western Gulf of Mexico Region"

Most Influential 50’s New Names Show Shakeup in Finance

Researchers Jose Fuentes and Michael Mann to investigate Everglades ecosystem, climate change

— posted on Feb 08, 2013 08:31 AM

Water management in the Florida Everglades is the focus of a National Science Foundation grant awarded to Jose Fuentes, professor of meteorology.

Thundersnow came as a surprise to Kansans. Meteorologist Lee Grenci says most people think thundersnow is rare.

John Paul Martin presented with North Dakota Department of Commerce gold medal for developing decision making tools

— posted on Apr 25, 2013 02:53 PM

Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching.

A team of researchers from Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and several other universities has been testing a method for doing that, by capturing readings of greenhouse gases in an urban atmosphere. Known as INFLUX,

People who suffer most are least responsible for climate change

— posted on Sep 12, 2013 04:51 PM

When Ken Davis, Penn State professor of meteorology, used to think about climate change he looked at it as a scientific problem, with an economic dimension.

Kara Sulia has been chosen to receive an Alumni Association Dissertation Award for 2012-13.