Hotter and drier conditions limit forest recovery from wildfires
Warmer and drier climate conditions in western U.S. forests are making it less likely that trees can regenerate after wildfires, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which includes researchers from Penn State.
Geography Coffee Hour talk to discuss heath effects of wildfire smoke
Colleen Reid, assistant professor of geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will discuss how to better assess population exposure to wildfire smoke, how it impacts human health, and which communities are more affected by wildfire smoke during a Penn State Department of Geography Coffee Hour talk.
Coffee Hour talk to discuss how infrastructure shapes regions, influences equity
Michael Glass, director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh, will discuss how infrastructural futures are constructed, experienced and changed by the stakeholders that inhabit the region in a Penn State Department of Geography Coffee Hour talk titled “Seeing Equitable City-Region Futures? Negotiating The Epistemic Dimensions of Infrastructure Change in a Lagging Region.”
Six faculty members join the Institutes of Energy and the Environment
Three College of Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty are among six new Penn State faculty members who have joined the Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE).
Social Science Research Institute introduces faculty fellows for 2023-24
Emily T. Rosenman, assistant professor of geography, was one of five Penn State faculty members recently named Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) Mentored Faculty Fellows for 2023-24.
EMS Sustainability Council hosting first-ever alumni panel discussion
The student committee of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Sustainability Council will host its first alumni panel discussion, “Be the Change,” from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb 6 in 603 Barron Innovation Hub.
Coffee Hour talk to discuss humanistic GIS opportunities and challenges
Bo Zhao, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Washington, will give a talk at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, via Zoom.discussing his research that looks at GIS from a humanistic perspective, which offers a sincere quest to develop and use GIS in ways that will be more empathetic and better for humanity.
Smithwick appointed new director of Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, has been named director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, effective Jan. 1.
'Growing Impact' podcast focuses on air quality, health in western Pa.
The latest episode of the "Growing Impact" podcast features a project focused on air quality and health concerns in western Pennsylvania
Small percentage of globe provides critical natural benefits to most of humanity
A small percentage of land and coastal waters provides most of the global population with the ecosystem services needed to support human well-being, and maintaining these areas can advance the United Nations’ development, climate and biodiversity conservation goals, according to an international team of researchers.