Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
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Penn State mourns the loss of John J. Cahir
June 13, 2024
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Penn State opened doors to career in geosciences for alum
January 09, 2024
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$1.1M NSF grant to fund statewide cyberinfrastructure project
January 09, 2024
![Charles L. Hosler](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/12/hosler-weather-world-new.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=7HVE5GIP)
Penn State mourns the loss of Charles L. Hosler
November 15, 2023
![Penn State students in the club the club Women and Gender Diversity in Earth and Mineral Science](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/10/wems-1.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=B_PUZV88)
Women in Earth and Mineral Science promotes diversity, inclusion
October 18, 2023
![Jingyang He with President Bendapudi](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/jingyang-he-cropped.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=JGFrFYDr)
Five EMS graduate students recognized with University awards
April 27, 2023
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Penn State launches statewide environmental monitoring network
February 23, 2023
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Geoscientist James Kasting named an inaugural Atherton Professor
February 23, 2023
![Penn State senior Luke Winand participates in THON](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/THONPic.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=Z44V_Y5F)
EMS dancer filled with excitement heading into THON
February 15, 2023
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Five Penn State faculty elected to 2022 cohort of AAAS Fellows
January 31, 2023
![Ken Davis](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/01/Davis%2C%20Kenneth.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=2TpET-LG)
Davis hoping to leave a legacy of engagement with Graduate Council
January 27, 2023
![CWS celebration on roof of Walker Building](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/new%20CWS%2050th%20group.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=IFUHCWAD)
Campus Weather Service celebrates 50 years
December 06, 2022
![Penn State Fayette installs Pennsylvania Environmental Monitoring Network weather station](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%202.29.44%20PM_0.png?h=bc946a11&itok=QrWlvSQV)
Penn State Fayette weather station will benefit campus and community
September 07, 2022
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African dust crosses the Atlantic
April 20, 2022
![NASA’s DC-8 airplane fitted with air quality testing instruments](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/02/dc-8_seoul_korea.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=J2nT-Dzg)
Air chemistry data from South Korea field study puts models to the test
February 14, 2022
![High water flash flooded highway emergency after a strong summer thunderstorm, one stranded car and a semi truck able to drive through amid floating debris, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2021/11/flood%20PA%20GettyImages%20catnap72.jpg?h=623f249a&itok=dmvUj0TC)
Climate uncertainty colors flood risk assessment
November 18, 2021
![Group of people in a field with storm clouds in the background](https://psu-gatsby-files-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/07/storm-chase-1.jpg?h=84071268&itok=NQuy1Fd7)
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Penn State mourns the loss of John J. Cahir
June 13, 2024
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![Daughter and mother, Clare and Renee Gibson](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/04/gibson_clare_renee.jpg?h=45681e9d&itok=PWdS2fm8)
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![Beth Stump](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/01/beth-stump-1.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=jkRNe5UC)
Penn State opened doors to career in geosciences for alum
January 09, 2024
![Illustration of a cyber network](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/01/dmz_4x3.jpg?h=84071268&itok=9yMp60pV)
$1.1M NSF grant to fund statewide cyberinfrastructure project
January 09, 2024
![Jose D. Fuentes, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, will receive two honors at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/12/fuentes-agu.png?h=252f27fa&itok=xypyHiWG)
![Charles L. Hosler](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/12/hosler-weather-world-new.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=7HVE5GIP)
Penn State mourns the loss of Charles L. Hosler
November 15, 2023
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![Penn State students in the club the club Women and Gender Diversity in Earth and Mineral Science](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/10/wems-1.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=B_PUZV88)
Women in Earth and Mineral Science promotes diversity, inclusion
October 18, 2023
![Khaleah Jackson, a senior majoring in environmental systems engineering and president of MEMS](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/09/mems-1-copy.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=-NTINOrm)
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![Weather World 40th Anniversary](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/08/ww40th-news-hero.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=TKtLJvK-)
![Late winter temperatures compared to the 1981-2010 average when the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) was strongly negative (top, Jan-March 2010) and when it was strongly positive (bottom, January-March 1990).](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/07/climatedashboard-variability-north-atlantic-oscillation-image-20210505-1400px_0.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=ftkqVVNJ)
![REU poster session](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/07/meteo-climate-science-reu-news.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=ZLi2-ggP)
![Paul Markowski](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/06/paul-markowski-news-hero.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=T1MYiH4X)
![Artificial intelligence](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/06/artificial-intelligence-pixabay.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=QR-Q5la6)
![The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory stands over the central Amazon rainforest](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/06/jd_fuentes_pic1.jpeg?h=a1e1a043&itok=XYEc_XLT)
![A wind farm in Pennsylvania](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/05/somerset_wind_farm.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=LZ8Ie2Cm)
![The 2023 College of Earth and Mineral Science Academy for Global Experience laureates](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/05/groupphoto.png?h=c41c50c7&itok=o-xS2rhv)
![Jingyang He with President Bendapudi](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/jingyang-he-cropped.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=JGFrFYDr)
Five EMS graduate students recognized with University awards
April 27, 2023
![Paul F. Robertson Award for EMS Breakthrough of the Year](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/wilson-wrap-up-news-hero.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=7RRsokbR)
![Melissa Gervais](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/melissa-gervais-news-hero.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=z_G76rQu)
![Martha Christino and Bevan Harbison](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/hero-with-border.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=mHBZAa_7)
![Taskinas Creek](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/taskinas-creek2.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=PPa-NRXV)
![Computational science and remote sensing expert Guido Cervone was selected as president of the natural hazards section of the American Geophysical Union and volcanologist Christelle Wauthier was selected as president-elect.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/03/guido-cervone-and-christelle-wauthier.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=IOm6jMlB)
![A thunderstorm rolls over the Texas prairie.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/03/thunderstorm%20header.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=k6mO_N1b)
![A typical environmental monitoring station site](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/PS%20Beaver%20monitoring%20station_0.jpg?h=ac2d7b5d&itok=1JEjBgHp)
Penn State launches statewide environmental monitoring network
February 23, 2023
![James Kasting](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/Jim%20Kasting%20news%20hero.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=Px6gnQpp)
Geoscientist James Kasting named an inaugural Atherton Professor
February 23, 2023
![Penn State senior Luke Winand participates in THON](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/THONPic.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=Z44V_Y5F)
EMS dancer filled with excitement heading into THON
February 15, 2023
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Five Penn State faculty elected to 2022 cohort of AAAS Fellows
January 31, 2023
![Ken Davis](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/01/Davis%2C%20Kenneth.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=2TpET-LG)
Davis hoping to leave a legacy of engagement with Graduate Council
January 27, 2023
![2022 Fall EMSAGE Laureates](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/group%20shot%202%20news%20hero.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=WsyJgqkT)
![CWS celebration on roof of Walker Building](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/new%20CWS%2050th%20group.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=IFUHCWAD)
Campus Weather Service celebrates 50 years
December 06, 2022
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![A thunderstorm over a farm field](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/10/lightning-g68427d68c_1920.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=bmFi95qK)
![A flux tower in a Pennsylvania corn field](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/PXL_20211108_174113559.jpg?h=43f3a291&itok=8yOcFPj5)
![Penn State Fayette installs Pennsylvania Environmental Monitoring Network weather station](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%202.29.44%20PM_0.png?h=bc946a11&itok=QrWlvSQV)
Penn State Fayette weather station will benefit campus and community
September 07, 2022
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![Several Penn State experiences for undergraduate students aimed at addressing climate change research and solutions will culminate Aug. 4 at a public symposium.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/07/Climate%20science%20symposium%201.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=Kdhaht6z)
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![Lee Kump at Wilson Awards Banquet](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/05/lee%20wilson.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=6KisXNLu)
![Van Oost and Kohlman, spring 2022 Earth and Mineral Sciences marshals](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/05/2022%20marshals%20EMS.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=TQxtQaEf)
![Village with large dust squall approaching](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/04/dust_squall.jpeg?h=dec22bcf&itok=vGK6zwUp)
African dust crosses the Atlantic
April 20, 2022
![Coastal ecosystem](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/04/wetland%20pixabay.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=JtZNHkMt)
![green ocean sponge underwater on a bed of sand](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/03/Spongillidae.full_.length.jpg?h=ef2d6e95&itok=plav0c4X)
![Joan Redwing and Sukyoung Lee](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/03/redwing%20lee%20distinguished%20professors.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=agoMe2vP)
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![NASA’s DC-8 airplane fitted with air quality testing instruments](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/02/dc-8_seoul_korea.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=J2nT-Dzg)
Air chemistry data from South Korea field study puts models to the test
February 14, 2022
![William Brune, distinguished professor of meteorology](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/02/bill%20brune%20news%20header.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=9KBXKPZw)
![Microwave brightness temperature on top of visible reflectance for Hurricane Harvey before its landfall in Texas.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/01/ABI_CH2_SSMIS_CH13.jpg?h=252f27fa&itok=9m8672f_)
![Michael E. Mann](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2021/12/2019_michaelmann6253_photojoshuayospyn-4-3.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=RJ2b8aAQ)
![High water flash flooded highway emergency after a strong summer thunderstorm, one stranded car and a semi truck able to drive through amid floating debris, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2021/11/flood%20PA%20GettyImages%20catnap72.jpg?h=623f249a&itok=dmvUj0TC)
Climate uncertainty colors flood risk assessment
November 18, 2021
![Satellite image of storms of North America](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2021/11/storms_goes_2021230_lrg.jpg?h=05c80484&itok=5h10S6oR)
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![Cargo planes being loaded at Memphis International Airport](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Fedex_at_Memphis.jpg?h=17c1a061&itok=D0VJXOrx)
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