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SES Students Win AGU 2019 Outstanding Student Paper Awards
Please join us in congratulating SES’s three winners of fall AGU Outstanding Student Paper Awards! These go to just the top 3-5% of the graduate student presentations at the Fall Meeting of the AGU…
Professor Ian Howat Receives University Distinguished Scholar Award
Ian Howat, professor of Earth Sciences and director of Ohio State’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, has been chosen to receive the 2020 Ohio State Distinguished Scholar Award!…
Fossil of Oldest Known Scorpion Discovered by Professor Loren Babcock
Earth Sciences professor Loren Babcock, along with former Earth Sciences student Andrew Wendruff, have discovered the oldest-known scorpion fossil while studying fossils unearthed in Wisconsin…
Professor Derek Sawyer Selected as National Academies Gulf Research Program Fellow
Professor Derek Sawyer has been selected as a National Academies Gulf Research Program Early Career Research fellow. Professor Sawyer's research focuses on natural hazards of submarine…
Professor Thompson and Team Extract Ice from Earth's Highest Tropical Glacier Amid Protests
Professor Lonnie Thompson and his team completed a daring expedition to collect ice cores from the highest tropical glacier on Earth, located on Mount Huascarán in Peru, amid local protests…
OSU Ecohydrology Job Position Opening
The School of Earth Sciences (SES) and the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) in partnership with the Sustainability Institute seeks an ecohydrologist, broadly defined, to…
Saving coral: New guidelines to protect and preserve Caribbean coral
SES Professor Andréa Grottoli recently co-authored a study, as part of the Coral Restoration Consortium, which provides guidelines to help corals in the Caribbean adapt to water…
Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network Workshop
Temperature stress is the single largest threat to coral reefs globally and is the focal topic of the newly established Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network (CBRCN). The goal of the CBRCN…
Professor Thompson elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Professor Lonnie Thompson has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He joins other luminaries in academics, government, and public affairs, ranging from Albert Einstein to…