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Prospective students visited SES
Prospective Earth Science grad students toured some favorite spots in the city with current students on Saturday as part of Prospective Student Weekend. The tour included a trip to North Market…

Professors Thompson and Thompson featured on ABC 6
Professors Lonnie and Ellen Thompson were featured in a news story by ABC 6. The video highlights the professors' mission to measure past climate change recorded in ice cores. The cores are…

Professor Lower featured in Dispatch story
Professor Steven Lower (Earth Sciences) and collaborating twin brother and Professor Brian Lower (School of Environment and Natural Resources) were recently featured in the Dispatch. They have…

Winners of AGU Outstanding Student Paper Awards
Congratulations to our three winners of Fall AGU Outstanding Student Paper Awards. These awards go to the top 3-5% of student presentations at the meeting. Our winners and their presentation…

Field camp has a new website
We have a new website for field camp. Click to learn about costs, scholarships, location, and see photos from past years.
Professor Thompson speaks with NY Times on glacier collapse
Professor Lonnie Thompson was recently interviewed by the New York Times about the deadly collapse of Tibetan glaciers. Find the story here.

New study on coral microbiome and climate change
Rising seawater temperature and ocean acidification threaten the survival of coral reefs. The relationship between coral physiology and its microbiome may reveal why some corals are more resilient…

A powerful supercomputer made from Raspberry Pis
Doctoral student Amin Amooie and advisor Joachim Moortgat have teamed up to create Buckeye Pi, a platform for students to learn how to develop efficient, scalable computer code for…

Ohio State scientists recover oldest ice core outside polar regions
An international scientific team co-led by Lonnie Thomspon, Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences, successfully drilled the longest ice core outside the polar regions. The ice core…