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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 research in the…
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…
OSU receives NSF funding to survey hurricane aftermath in USVI
Professor Derek Sawyer received a grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire multibeam maps and sediment samples in St. John (USVI) to document erosion and deposition in response to two…
OSU goes to AGU in New Orleans
Thirty-six students and faculty from SES showed off their latest research at AGU in New Orleans last week. We presented more than 25 posters and 18 talks on topics ranging from solid earth…
Nature covers SES research on exoplanetary geology
Together with Cayman Unterborn (PhD 2016), Professor Wendy Panero’s work was highlighted in Nature,…