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Bacteria resisting viral infection can still sink carbon to ocean floor
Study explores ecological effects of phage resistance in marine setting
Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to…
Geography and Ohio State’s new BuckAI Observatory
Geography and Ohio State’s new BuckAI Observatory
As many of you will know, geographers are well-represented in ASC’s new BuckAI Observatory, housed in Earth Sciences and run by Joachim…
Steven Quiring featured on the Midwest Moxie podcast
Midwest Moxie's executive producer is Audrey Nowakowski.
Steven Quiring knew his technology solved a problem for utilities. And based on projects he’d been involved in, he knew…
2025 Lois M. Jones Awardee
The Lois M. Jones Award for Science Access, Engagement and Communication honors Lois M. Jones (1935-2000), a geochemist from The Ohio State University who led the first all-woman research…
2025 Rick Toracinta Endowed Graduate Scholarship Awardee
The Rick Toracinta Endowed Graduate Scholarship honors Dr. Richard (Rick) Toracinta and is awarded biennially to an outstanding graduate student at The Ohio State University…
OSU Professor described as ‘the real life Indiana Jones’ making ‘Daily Show’ appearance
A Columbus man who has spent most of his life collecting ice in the tropics will be featured on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show next week. But make no mistake. Ohio State Professor Lonnie…
Launching the documentary Canary in Peru and Building Momentum for Quelccaya National Park
The Ohio State University Distinguished University Professor, Earth Sciences, Senior Research Scientist Lonnie Thompson recently returned from a three-week intensive trip to Peru, where he…
Beyond the Last Interglacial: 4.5 Million Years of Global Sea Level
A new study led by Oregon State University paleoclimatologist Peter U. Clark reports that global sea level fluctuated far more dramatically—and more frequently—throughout the last ice age than…
New Ohio Mesonet expands weather data access, boosts agricultural resilience
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When the weather turns, farmers aren’t the only ones who need to know what’s happening on the ground.
In some of Ohio’s most rural counties — especially across the northwest…