UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Over the summer, three Penn State graduate students, Aara'L Yarber, Maria Morales-Caez and Stephanie Lin, participated in a workshop focused on the planetary boundary layer (PBL).

Michael E. Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, will share the 2020 World Sustainability Award with Antonella Santuccione Chadha.

A $1.4 million grant from the NSF, awarded to Chad Hanna, Edward O’Brien and Jenni Evans, will extend the reach of Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences’ expertise across the University.

"We know ice sheets are melting as global temperatures increase, but uncertainties remain about how much and how fast that will happen," said Chris Forest, professor of climate dynamics at Penn State.

With the tropical storm season in the Atlantic Ocean underway, better storm track prediction has allowed timely evacuations and preparations.

The measures instituted in April to help curb the spread of COVID-19 across the United States may hold clues for improving air quality, according to researchers.

Since 1890, the National Weather Service has relied on a network of volunteer observers.

Jon Nese, host of Penn State’s “Weather World,” says you can trace the roots of a longtime partnership with the astronomy and astrophysics department to the ancient Greek meaning of the word “meteorology.”