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YOPP-SH: The Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere continues to 2024

The Polar Prediction Project (PPP), a decade-long initiative by the World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), ended on December 31, 2022. The…

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Forest Growing Season Has Increased by a Month in the Eastern U.S. over the Past Century

A new study has found that the growing period of hardwood forests in eastern North America has increased by an average of one month over the past century due to rising temperatures. Researchers…

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Estimating Canopy Height Change Using Machine Learning by Coupling WorldView-2 Stereo Imagery with Landsat 7

A study recently published in the International Journal of Remote Sensing titled Estimating canopy height change using machine learning by coupling WorldView-2 stereo imagery with…

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Opposite Mass Balance Variations Between Glaciers in Western Tibet and the Western Tien Shan

Recent research published in Global and Planetary Change studied the mass balance variations between glaciers situated in western Tibet and western Tien Shan during the ablation season,…

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The Environmental Impact and Management of Steel Corrosion

A new study led by Ohio State alum Mariano Iannuzzi, professor of materials and corrosion science at Curtin University, and co-author Gerald Frankel, professor in the …

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Ongoing and Future Projected Intensification of Wet and Dry Extremes in North America​

 

Kyungmin (Kay) Sung, a postdoctoral scholar at Stagge Hydrology Lab at The Ohio State University is the lead author of a study titled…

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Using Satellite Altimetry Data to Monitor Groundwater Depletion Through Land Subsidence in California's Central Valley

Xuechen Yang, a graduate student in The School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University, is the lead author of a study using satellite altimetry data from California's…

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The Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite to Collect Data on Over 90% of the Water on Earth's Surface

On December 16, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched into space from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying with it the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)…

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Improving Forest Sustainability in Pan-India

Last month, Ying Zuo, a graduate student in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University, presented a research poster at the American…