Earth & Environmental Science

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Bioblitz

Penn team led by MES student Heather Kostick blitzes the Rushton Woods nature reserve for data on living species

Creating a Safe Space

EES staff and faculty receive Penn LGBT Safe Space training to promote a more welcoming department community

Gravity Imaging

EES '15 graduate Vanessa Eni explores magnetic and gravity imaging of Kopjeskraal Farm in South Africa

Environmental fraternity joins Penn Greek life

Setting the Bar

Congratulations to Arlene Mand of EES for winning a 2015 SAS Staff Program Silver Award!

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Featured

Irina Marinov

Assistant Professor

How does the ocean control atmospheric pCO2 and the global climate?
Feedbacks between climate change, the ocean carbon cycle, and ocean ecology.
Modeling phytoplankton evolution; observing ocean biology from space

Events

Penn Symposium on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities in the U.S.

Special Seminar

October 25, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

Venue TBD
"Diversity-dependent evolution in marine animals"

Geoscience Colloquium

November 15, 2019 - 2:00pm

358 Hayden Hall

News

BEN Talks

Joe Francisco and Reto Gieré travelled to California during Spring break to give Ben Talks at the Penn Clubs of Los Angeles (March 5, 2019) and San Francisco (March 6, 2019). The presentations were entitled “From Melting Nylon to Climate Science” and “Climate Change in the Swiss Alps: Disappearing Glaciers and Renewable Energy”, respectively. They were joined by Eric Schelter (Chemistry), who gave a talk on “Sustainability, Renewable Energy, and Rare Earth Elements”.
CONGRATULATIONS.... Erynn Johnson

For her recent talk at the GSA meeting in Indianapolis, Erynn Johnson received the Best Student Presentation Award in GSA’s Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Members Division. The title of her talk was: 3D Printing Reveals Strengths And Weaknesses Of Prey Shape During The Mesozoic Marine Revolution
EES involvement with Engineers Without Borders (PennEWB)

Please click on the link below to read an article about a trip to Guatemala made by the Penn Engineers Without Borders.

https://medium.com/penn-engineering/sarah-pasquale-engineers-without-borders-concrete-lessons-2c0f36d279c6

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