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New Certificate Program

The Cirriculum committee has worked to revitalize the curriculum for the undergraduate and graduate experience here in the SChool of Earth Sciences. This includes a new certificate program. …

Ohio State Earth Sciences Releases Anti-Racism Statement

We in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University stand against systemic racism, which…

Maya Wei-Haas Wins AGU Award

Congratulations to the School of Earth Sciences alum Dr. Maya Wei-Haas on being awarded the David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism from the American Geophysical Union!

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Chen Researches Using AFIs To Remove Nutrients From Water

Zhaozhe Chen, a graduate student under Dr. Ozeas Costas Jr. has spent the last year completing the research for his thesis. He has been constructing and testing artificial floating islands for…

The Professors Thompson ice cores provide perspective on past pandemics

Prof Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley Thompson were recently interviewed by The Conversation. They describe how pandemics leave evidence in ice cores. For example: 

Some …

Dr. Michalea King joins Secretary John Kerry for a conversation on saving the Greenland ice sheet, global warming, and all things climate

Our recent PhD graduate, Dr. Michalea King, had a 45-minute long conversation about ice sheets and climate change with John Kerry on September 24,2020 as part of the "World War Zero" project…

Professor W. Berry Lyons awarded SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research

Our own Professor W. Berry Lyons has been awarded the 2020 SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research. Congratulations, Professor Lyons!

To learn more about the SCAR Medal, click here…

Nature publication led by Dr. Michalea King reveals warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return

Our own newly-minted PhD – Dr. Michalea King – was recently featured in the Ohio State News for her research on Greenland glaciers recently published in Nature Communications Earth &…

Congratulations to our 2021 Knauss Fellows, Kerri Dobson and Jamie Price!

We are proud to announce that graduate students Kerri Dobson and Jamie Price have been selected as fellows for the 2021 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program!