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A USGS map of California's Central Valley showing topography and rivers with colors and names  with the pacific ocean on one side in blue and  Nevada in tan on the other side.

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 Central Valley…

An illustration of CNES showing a gold SWOT satellite in orbit above land of water and vegetation with sunlight glinting off the water and one array of solar panels, as well as both blue tile KaRIn instrument antennas deployed.

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) spacecraft…

Map of India in green with some outline of blue and some yellow at the top, with a legend for colors included in the map showing land use and land cover classification January 2022

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 Geophysical Union’s (AGU’s) annual meeting…

Three rasterized heat maps of Columbus side by side in a row highlighted with red orange blue hues with the far left map having a dark red distribution in the middle while the middle map has less and the far right map had an orangish center. all maps have blue surrounding and green and brown representing vegetation and land. The title under the maps are  Morning  Temperatures:52.8-64.2F  middle title is Afternoon Temperatures: 74.6-84.5F and far right title is Evening Temperatures: 68.2-81.1F

The City of Columbus Releases Results of its Urban Heat Mapping

This past summer, Geddy Davis, program coordinator, weather and climate services, and Karina Peggau, education and outreach program coordinator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research…

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Ohio State's Carbon Emissions Have Dropped by 30% Since 2015

Ohio State News recently reported on The Ohio State University's efforts and progress toward reducing its carbon footprint stemming from sustainability goals set in 2015. To date, the…

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Reflections and Future Strategies for Third Pole Environment

An article titled Reflections and future strategies for Third Pole Environment was published online recently by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The authors included Third Pole…

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Protist Impacts on Marine Cyanovirocell Metabolism

A study was recently published online in the journal ISME Communications titled Protist impacts on marine cyanovirocell metabolism, shedding light on how some carbon cycling…

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Ecogenomics Reveals Viral Communities Across the Challenger Deep Oceanic Trench

Matthew Sullivan, Professor at The Ohio State University Department of Microbiology and Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and a Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center, is co-author…

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The Effect of Carbon Fertilization on Naturally Regenerated and Planted Forests in the United States

Brent Sohngen, professor of environmental and resource economics in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at The Ohio State University, co-authored a recent study…