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Stephanie Menten awarded Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
During a recent trip to Iceland, Stephanie Menten received an email announcing that she is one of only 30 scientists worldwide receiving a 2024 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship. Menten, a PhD Student with Purdue University’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), studies the geophysics of icy moons in our outer solar system. Particularly, she studies processes such as cryovolcanism, volatile transport, and internal convection.
Margaret Deahn awarded Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Margaret Deahn says she could have never imagined as a child that she would grow up to study rocks on other planets. But now she has three internships at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and an education in planetary sciences with Purdue University on her growing list of accomplishments. Now she can add Amelia Earhart Fellow to that list. She is one of only 30 scientists worldwide receiving a 2024 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship. Deahn is a PhD student with Purdue University’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).
New twists on tornadoes: Earth scientist studies why U.S. has so many tornadoes
PURDUE NEWS — Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes. Dan Chavas, an associate professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University’s College of Science, takes it further: All day every day, he studies what makes tornadoes tick. Working at the intersection of climate science and meteorology, he looks at the big picture of what causes severe storms and tornadoes — and what dictates where they occur.
A Global Push Fixed the Ozone Hole. Satellites Could Threaten It.
NEW YORK TIMES — A sharp increase in hardware orbiting Earth could mean more harmful metals lingering in the atmosphere, according to a new study. This study cites work from Prof. Dan Cziczo, of Purdue EAPS, who says this study jumped to conclusions not supported by his own research by applying the incorrect size, composition and chemistry to the particles that exist in the atmosphere.
The Local Impact of Climate Change
WFYI — Climate change is directly impacting Indiana farms. The growing season in Indiana is getting harder to evaluate. The data, going in some cases back to 1895, show clear trends, and there are no signs of them stopping or reversing. Indiana will continue to warm, more precipitation will fall, and extremely hot days will be common in many parts of the state. Prof. Matthew Huber, of Purdue EAPS and the director of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, discusses the local impacts of climate change.
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