Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center, Penn State, will receive the seventh annual Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications.

Understanding tornadoes: 5 questions answered

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Penn State meteorology professors Paul Markowski and Yvette Richardson explain why tornadoes form, how to stay safe if you’re near one and whether climate change is affecting tornado patterns.

GEMS is launching a formal college mentoring program, designed to provide advice and a welcoming network to graduating seniors.

Do you ever wonder how much rain or snow falls during a storm?

Penn State professor Ken Davis and recent Penn State graduates Bianca Baier and Hannah Halliday are members of the ACT-America team.

Enhancements to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision support system give forecasters new capabilities for tracking smoke from fires using satellite data.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 two NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration planes flew over State College in pursuit of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite.

Meteorology student Hunter Williams was named the second-best television weathercaster.

“The overall role of this report is to provide guidance on how the federal government can make more informed decisions when making regulatory analyses," said Forest.

Jenni Evans, professor of meteorology at Penn State, has been appointed director of Penn State’s Institute for CyberScience (ICS). Evans had served as interim director of ICS since February 2016.

The John T. Ryan Jr. Faculty Fellowship is awarded to outstanding faculty to further their contributions in teaching, research and public service.

Donald Trump’s election is generating much speculation about how his administration may or may not reshape the federal government.

Raymond Najjar, an oceanography professor from the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, also spoke at the event

Mann said recently, there has been an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases due to the burning of fossil fuels.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has received $1.5 million of a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund an interdisciplinary team of researchers.

Joel Myers, a three-time Penn State graduate, will serve as Grand Marshal for Homecoming 2016.

More than a dozen faculty and alumni of Penn State’s Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science have joined together to create a new scholarship — called the Meteorology Alumni and Faculty Trustee Scholarship.

Man-made climate change about doubled the chances for the type of heavy downpours that caused devastating Louisiana floods last month, a new federal study finds

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- One size does not always fit all, especially when it comes to global climate models, according to Penn State climate researchers, Fuqing Zhang and Michael Mann.

Atmospheric Carbon and Transport–America, or ACT-America, is a multi-year airborne campaign that will measure concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane in relation to weather systems Ken Davis, is principal investigator from Pennsylvania State University,

Air pollutants interact with and break down plant-emitted scent molecules, which insect pollinators use to locate needed food, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State.

People rely on sunlight for heat, light, and energy every day, but three Penn State researchers, Jeffrey Brownson and Vivek Srikrishnan (both Energy and Mineral Engineering) and George Young (Meteorology), believe we’re missing a valuable piece of information that sunlight itself could provide.

Teams of scientists sponsored by NASA and Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research are in the midst of a six-week project trying to get the answers as they scour the skies from the vantage of a vintage DC8 piloted by retired U.S. Air Force officers

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Data collected via airplane when a hurricane is developing can improve hurricane intensity predictions by up to 15 percent, according to Penn State researcher Yonghui Weng and Fuqing Zhang, professor of meteorology.

In his 44 years at Penn State, Nels Shirer helped improve student experiences and built a reputation for being a reliable administrator, a detail-oriented researcher and, above all, a caring individual

Meteorology students Brian Kennedy and Kerry Mindiak discuss predictions for the future price of soybeans as part of a semester-long project in a meteorology course.

The findings of a research team, which includes Martin Tingley of Pennsylvania State University, were published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Long after his retirement as a scientist, Paul Mark Tag (PSU METEO 1966) would continue thinking about the concept of weather modification.