A committee report, chaired by PSU Professor David Titley, found that scientists can now confidently attribute some heat waves and cold events to human-caused climate change.
The launch of the GOES-R geostationary satellite in October 2016 could herald a new era for predicting hurricanes, according to Penn State researchers Fuqing Zhang, Eugene Clothiaux and Graduate student Masashi Minamide
Meteorology student goes from soccer captain to graduate researcher
Soccer brought Eli Dennis to Penn State the first time, and graduate school brought him back.
Meteorology is well represented on the dance floor, 3 seniors, Holly Lowry, Max Vido and Josh Gugel
Hurricane season is never over for Penn State meteorology professor, Jenni Evans
“Hurricane Alex defied the traditional storm season,” said Jenni Evans, a Penn State meteorology professor and associate in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.
Eight Penn State alumni have been selected to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, the University's highest award for an individual.
Matthew Dross stands in front of his research poster, which he presented at the 2015 National Weather Association (NWA) conference in Oklahoma City, OK. Dross researched how the 2011 Joplin tornado response can be a model for other tornado-prone communities.
Record-setting temperatures over the past century and a half are extremely unlikely to have occurred without human-caused climate change, but the odds of that happening are not quite as low as previously reported, according to an international team of meteorologists
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Some storms transport ozone molecules to the canopy of the rainforest, influencing chemical processes that ultimately affect cloud formation, according to an international research team led by Penn State.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ocean temperatures increased as much in the last two decades as they had in more than a century before, according to a new study
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected 347 Fellows for 2015.
Penn State student Ryan Creedon has found numerous ways to get closer to his dream of becoming a professor.
NBC Learn, in partnership with the NSF and The Weather Channel, explores the science of natural disasters
A pair of meteorologists, Jon Nese and Marisa Ferger, from Penn State’s Department of Meteorology, recently garnered an Emmy award
WeatherSTEM provides Beaver Stadium football game day weather conditions
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State football fans looking for game day weather conditions and forecasts now have free access to real-time weather data.
Penn State researchers assessed the effects of changing climate conditions.
Climate change will become one of the principal threats to our national security
By mid-century, the climate of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre will be more like Philadelphia’s if the world stays on its current course of greenhouse gas emissions, scientists estimate.
The Hertz Foundation invites applications for Fall 2016 Graduate Fellowships in Applied Physical, Biological, or Engineering Sciences. Application deadline: October 30, 2015.
Penn State is hosting 19 new National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recipients for the 2015-16 academic year.
Three PSU graduate students (Yaosheng Chen, Zhiyuan Jiang, and Robert Schrom) were participants, and Matt Kumjian, Assistant Professor of Meteorology was an instructor.
Bicheng Chen is dedicated to seeking the physical explanations behind everyday phenomena.
Congratulations Anne Thompson and Richard Somerville!
MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. - The inside of the Twin Otter airplane was turned into a flying laboratory, crammed with racks of computer equipment and an array of suitcase-sized plastic containers
Amber Emory: A Series of Storms
PSU Meteorology alumna (B.S. 2004)
Three television news programs produced by Penn State students earned first-place and another show finished second in a statewide competition
For the fourth straight year, a team of Penn State meteorology students took the top honors at WxChallenge
“I am humbled by the award and appreciate the acknowledgment of my hard work. I feel that this fellowship is a step towards making my dream of a Ph.D. a reality,” said Ruiz-Plancarte.
Deadline to apply: mid June
The Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship-for-service Program fully funds undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide range of technical areas, including all fields of Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Mathematics. 2015 Application Deadline: December 31, 2015.
