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Urgent Measures Are Required for Glacier Preservation

No Water, No Food- Without the glaciers, the U.S. and Chinese agriculture are at risk! 

In a 2023 Wilson Center webinar, The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences…

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Congratulations Allison!

 

Allison Chartrand successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation earlier this month. The title of her dissertation was The Evolution and Impact of Kilometer-scale Melt…

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Rebuilding Coral Population in Florida

After decades of decline due to marine disease, climate change and a number of other environmental stressors, the critically endangered elkhorn coral has found the ideal location to rebuild its…

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It's Time to Talk About Climate Change

Climate conversations often focus on the severity of climate change, or the "it's real," "it's us," "experts agree," and "it's bad," but experts want to make sure constituents know that "others…

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Refrigeration is Coca-Cola's Largest Contribution to Climate Change

In a recent article published in The Conversation, titled "Coca-Cola's biggest challenge in greening its operations is its own global marketing strategy," the author, Bart Elmore,…

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Ann Fisher to Retire from WOSU!

WOSU Public Media announced in March that the host of All Sides with Ann Fisher would be retiring on May 26, 2023.

Ann Fisher joined WOSU Public Media in 2009. Her daily two-hour…

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Three Selected as 2023 Distinguished University Professors

This spring, three faculty members were honored as Distinguished University Professors. Each year, The Ohio State University awards this permanent honorific title to no more than three tenure-…

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The Adventures of the Soaring Penguin

For World Penguin day, we are honoring a one of a kind penguin... the Soaring Penguin! 

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It is the Soaring…

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A Once-Stable Glacier in Greenland Is Now Rapidly Disappearing Due to Warming Atlantic Waters

Greenland's Steenstrup Glacier, previously stable for decades, is now retreating at an unprecedented rate, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Communications. The rapid…