2023 Geosciences Newsletter

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The Department of Geosciences annual newsletter showcases the department's latest research discoveries, stories about outstanding alumni and students, departmental news, and more.

Features

An underwater photographer peers down the 80-foot drop to Lago dell’Orsa,

Q&A: Searching for life where it shouldn’t exist

snowdrifts

Ears to the ice: Icequakes in Antarctica linked to ocean tides

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students creating a storyboard

Weaving Data Viz into Science and Engineering Education

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men standing on rocks with biplane in background

Earth's Crust, Tectonic Plates Gradually Formed, Geoscientists Find

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Andrew Nyblade

Message from the Department Head

Science Snapshots

Penn State faculty join NASA mission to study samples from asteroid Bennu

Study reveals new clues about how ‘Earth’s thermostat’ controls climate

Curiosity rover finds new evidence of ancient Mars rivers, a key signal for life

Fossils show widespread plant extinctions after asteroid wiped out dinosaurs

Using machine learning, existing fiber optic cables to track Pittsburgh hazards

Spurge purge: Plant fossils reveal ancient South America-to-Asia ‘escape route’

Window to the past: New microfossils suggest earlier rise in complex life

The Vikings abandoned Greenland due in part to sea-level rise

Issue Number

2023

Issue Label

2023 Geosciences Newsletter

ARTICLE INDEX
Q&A: Searching for life where it shouldn’t exist
Ears to the ice: Icequakes in Antarctica linked to ocean tides
Penn State faculty join NASA mission to study samples from asteroid Bennu
Study reveals new clues about how ‘Earth’s thermostat’ controls climate
Curiosity rover finds new evidence of ancient Mars rivers, a key signal for life
Fossils show widespread plant extinctions after asteroid wiped out dinosaurs
Weaving Data Viz into Science and Engineering Education
Earth's Crust, Tectonic Plates Gradually Formed, Geoscientists Find