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Report: When it rains, state's downpours are getting worse

— posted on Sep 28, 2012 03:02 PM

Raymond Najjar, a climate scientist in Penn State's Department of Meteorology, said, "Decades of climate research have led us to the inescapable conclusion that fossil-fuel emissions make the atmosphere warmer, moister, and more prone to producing intense precipitations."

Ray Najjar paper is Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Top Cited Author, 2008 to 2012

— posted on Sep 28, 2012 03:03 PM

Dr. Ray Najjar is recognized for his paper "Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay"

Study: Weather might impact tone of Olympics coverage

— posted on Jul 10, 2012 01:47 PM

Whether it rains or shines might actually have an impact on how journalists cover the Olympics, according to researchers at Penn State.

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