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Penn State is a multicampus public research university that educates students from Pennsylvania, the nation and the world, and improves the well being and health of individuals and communities through integrated programs of teaching, research, and service.

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New tool to help decision makers navigate possible futures of the Colorado River

The Framework for Narrative Storylines and Impact Classification (FRNSIC) tool can help decision-makers explore many plausible futures and identify consequential scenario storylines - or descriptions of what critical futures might look like
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Older women more vulnerable to heat than their male peers, researchers find

A new study by researchers at Penn State has found that older women are physiologically more vulnerable to high heat and humidity than older men, and that women between the ages of 40 and 64 are as vulnerable as men 65 years of age or older.
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Epidemics: the dynamics of infectious diseases

This course looks at the dynamics of influenza and why we worry about flu pandemics, the dynamics of childhood diseases and how cell phones, social media and crowdsourcing are revolutionizing disease surveillance.
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Many people in the Arctic are staying put despite climate change, study reports

A team led by Penn State researchers reviewed studies from the past 30 years to examine whether rising temperatures are causing people to migrate out of the artic - or if, and why, they're deciding to stay.
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Improved wildfire smoke model identifies areas for public health intervention

A new model combines wildfire smoke forecasts and data from ground-based sensors to help public health officials plan targeted interventions in areas most at risk for the negative health effects of unexpected smoke events and air pollution.
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Study explores impacts of Arctic warming on daily weather patterns in the U.S.

Arctic sea ice is shrinking as the world continues to warm, and a new study led by researchers at Penn State may provide a better understanding of how the loss of this ice may impact daily weather in the middle latitudes, like the United States.
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Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans

If global temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius (C) or more than current levels, each year billions of people will be exposed to heat and humidity so extreme they will be unable to naturally cool themselves.
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Q&A: Seeing coastal storm impacts in advance can help communities prepare

Visualizations can bridge the gap between complex science and communicating the risks that storms and sea level rise pose to coastal communities.

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http://www.psu.edu/
+44 120 296 1324
Fax:
+44 120 237 5222

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