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New Climate Change Certificate in SES!
Ohio State approved a new Certificate program in Climate Change Fundamentals which will be available for student enrollment beginning April 2023. The new curriculum offering is being co-led by…

Welcoming Dr. Patrick Louchouarn as the new senior vice provost and SES faculty member
Dr. Patrick Louchouarn joined Ohio State as the inaugural senior vice provost for faculty and a new SES faculty member in August 2022. He joins OSU after 17 years academic and administrative work…

The School of Earth Sciences participated in the 2022 Symposium of the Geodetic Reference System for the Americas (SIRGAS)
Between November 7 and 9, 2022, the Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences (SES) participated in the annual SIRGAS symposium in Santiago de Chile, Chile. SIRGAS is a pan-American…

Prediction of Soil Erodibility in a Neotropical Biome - Latest Research from Dr. Ozeas Costa
Fig. 1. The study area: (a) DEM and sampling grid; (b,c) state and country maps; (d) aerial view
The latest research from Dr. Ozeas…

Xuechen Yang featured in Ohio State News: Using satellites to track groundwater depletion in California
Ph.D. student Xuechen Yang was featured in a recent Ohio State News story for her work on “Satellite Altimetry Applications on Land Subsidence,” which she presented last month at the American…

C.K. Shum featured in Ohio State News: Using machine learning to help monitor climate-induced hazards
Our own Professor C.K. Shum was featured in a recent Ohio State News story.
Use this link to check out the article titled Using machine learning to help monitor climate-induced…

Ying Zuo featured in Ohio State News: Using deep learning to monitor India’s disappearing forest cover
Our own Ying Zuo was featured in a recent Ohio State News story.
Use this link to check out the article, titled Using deep learning to monitor India’s disappearing forest cover.

Deep learning models track river extents at sub-meter resolutions
Earth’s surface water, such as river flow paths and inundated floodplains, evolves spatially over time. Where and how much surface water is present is critical for evaluating droughts, floods, and…