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Congratulations to James White on team's first place finish at ASA Datafest!
James White, third year Honors student with a double major in Earth Science and Atmospheric Sciences was, for the second year in a row, on the first place prize-winning team in the American…
Orton Prepares Dinosaur for Orton Crowdsourcing Campaign
The Orton Geological Museum is preparing for their upcoming "A Dinosaur for Orton" crowdsourcing campaign where they will be raising funds to purchase a dinosaur to erect in the lobby of Orton Hall…
West Antarctic ice shelf breaking up from the inside
Earth Sciences professor Ian Howat and postdoc Seongsu Jeong led a study in Geophysical Research Letters which shows part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet breaking apart from the inside out, spelling…
Interdisciplinary Climate Change Course Shows Format Promising
EARTHSC 1911 is an interdisciplinary course on climate change which is co-taught by Earth Sciences professor Michael Bevis, EEOB professor Steven Rissing and History professor Geoffrey Parker. In its…
FanQuake at Ohio Stadium Registers 5.79 After Winning TD Against Michigan
Just like the Ohio State football team, the Ohio State fans saved their best for last this past weekend. The FanQuake team, a cooperative effort between the Ohio State University, Miami University…
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 "fan…
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 material…
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…