Penn State faculty are actively publishing research on a wide range of possible implications like the continued burning of fossil fuels and extreme summer weather, droughts that threaten crops, warmer winter temperatures, and the threat to various animal and fish populations. Our experts frequently serve as sources for major media and are readily available during active, current events.
Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs
Sustainability & Environment
The effects of human-caused climate change continue to ripple around the world. Penn State experts are at the forefront of the science behind the effects and possible solutions.
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences
Contact Richard Alley with questions about: Glaciology, ice and climate, sea level change and abrupt climate change
Professor of Meteorology,
Director for the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
Contact Jenni Evans with questions about: The impacts of climate change on tropical cyclones, statistical methodologies for forecasts of tropical cyclones, the relationships between organized convection and tropical cyclone intensity with sea surface temperature, and the implications of these relationships in a warming climate
Distinguished Professor of Geography,
Director of the Center for Landscape Dynamics,
Associate Director of the Institutes of Energy and the Environment
Contact Erica Smithwick with questions about: The impact of climate change on people and environments, and how to address forest sustainability under climate variability.
Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs,
Director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy
Contact Seth Blumsack with questions about: electricity and natural. gas industries and energy law and policy.
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