Oil and WaterDouglas Jerolmack and Federico Falcini of the Department of Earth and Environmental Science discuss the catastrophic oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA/June 19, 2010. Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Douglas Jerolmack and postdoctoral researcher Federico Falcini have been studying the flow of river water and sediment into large bodies of the Earth's waters. In this audio Q&A, Jerolmack and Falcini answer questions about the spreading of spilled oil and how we might deal with the giant oil slick as it moves toward coastlines. |
NewsSAS Welcomes 16 New Faculty MembersFederal Funding Renewed for National Resource Centers in Area Studies Penn Physicists Honored With 2010 Europhysics Prize More News EventsSept. 8: "Is America Rome? Why Do You Ask?" A 60-Second Lecture by Campbell Grey, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies. Stiteler Plaza, Locust Walk and 37th Street. 11:55 a.m.Sept. 17: "A Constitutional Moment: Freedom of Religion in One Minute." A 60-Second Lecture by Sarah Barringer Gordon, Arlin M. Adams Professor of Law and Professor of History. Stiteler Plaza, Locust Walk and 37th Street. 11:55 a.m. Multimedia2010 College Graduation Ceremony. Video of the 2010 College Graduation Ceremony, including talks by Nobel Prize winner George Smith, C'55, and student speaker Joshua Bennett, C'10. What is Opera? Watch this Alumni Weekend 2010 lecture by Carolyn Abbate, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Music. Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks of the Universe. Watch this Alumni Weekend 2010 presentation by Mark Trodden, physics professor and co-director of the Center for Particle Cosmology. More Multimedia |
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