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FanQuakes at the Shoe: Fan celebrations at Ohio Stadium register on a seismic scale
If you've ever been to Ohio Stadium on a Saturday and were part of the crowd jumping around after a big play, you helped generate man-made (or fan made, if you will) seismic activity! These are "…

SES Professor Wendy Panero Elected Fellow, Minerological Society of America
Earth Sciences' Professor Wendy Panero is one of the 10 newly elected 2017 fellows of Mineralogical Society of America. Panero is part of Ohio State's Mineral Physics Research Group studying…

SES Professor Ann Cook Awarded National Academies’ Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship
Earth Sciences' own Ann Cook is one of the 10 outstanding junior scientists around the country recognized by the National Academies for exceptional leadership, past performance and potential for…
Greenland ice sheet losing ice faster than thought, says study co-author Prof. Michael Bevis
According to a new study co-authored by Earth Sciences Professor Michael Bevis, the Greenland ice sheet did not lose approximately 2,500 gigatons of ice from 2003-2013 as previously thought -- the…
SES Student James White Featured in ASC Spotlight
James White, second year Honors major in Earth Science and in Atmospheric Science was part of a prize-winning team in the inaugural American Statistical Association Datafest™ competition at Ohio…

Audrey Sawyer receives early career award from the Geological Society of America
Congratulations to Earth Sciences assistant professor Audrey Sawyer who will receive the Kohout Early Career Award from the Geological Society of America’s Hydrogeology Division at the GSA annual…

Prof. Audrey Sawyer Paper Studies Hidden Water Pollution in US Coastal Areas
Congratulations to Earth Sciences assistant professor Audrey Sawyer whose first-authored paper in Science was published on August 4, 2016! Her study, written with co-authors Cédric David and Jay…

SES Field Camp Enters its Second Week
Field campers in Utah say "week two is when things start to click." The campers have been learning some mapping and visiting some volcanic fields among other things. Go to field camp…

New Third Pole Environment (TPE) Program Established at Ohio State
Distinguished University Professor, research scientest at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, and Earth Sciences professor Lonnie Thompson has helped co-found a new Third Pole Environment…