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SES Professors Ann Cook and Derek Sawyer Part of $58 Million Effort to Study New Energy Source
AUSTIN, Texas — A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze deposits of frozen methane under the Gulf of Mexico that hold…

$3 Million Dollar Man
OSU School of Earth Sciences Professor Steven K. Lower has been awarded a $3 million dollar grant ($3,002,203) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue his innovative, cross-…

SES Professor Joachim Moortgat Wins Cedric K. Ferguson Medal
OSU School of Earth Sciences Professor Joachim Moortgat is the recipient of the Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) Cedric K. Ferguson Medal. The award "recognizes significant contributions to…

SES Professor Andréa G. Grottoli Featured in Global Change Biology
OSU School of Earth Sciences Professor Andréa G. Grottoli appears in the July 9 online edition of Gobal Change Biology. Professor Grottoli's study, the first of its kind, is further detailed in…

SES Prof. Mike Bevis: Last Stable Greenland Ice Sheet No Longer Stable
According to OSU School of Earth Sciences Professor Mike Bevis, “Greenland is losing a lot more ice than Antarctica. During the last decade, the rate or speed of Greenland’s ice loss has roughly…

SES Professor Lonnie Thompson Honored by The Columbus Foundation
On 19 February The Columbus Foundation announced in an article in the Columbus Dispatch their "national champions". One of the 13 individuals honored was Dr Lonnie Thompson from SES (seated,…

Thompsons to be Recognized During Commencement Ceremony
Ohio State will award the Joseph Sullivant Medal to Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences, and Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Distinguished University Professor of…

Six-nation Team Lead by OSU Researchers Makes Climate Change Discovery
Less than 20 miles from the site where melting ice exposed the 5,000-year-old body of Ötzi the Iceman, scientists have discovered new and compelling evidence that the Italian Alps are warming at…

SES Prof. Terry Wilson and POLENET Team Announce Discovery
(Excerpted from original article at OSU Research News)
SAN FRANCISCO--It's official: East Antarctica is pushing West Antarctica around.
Now that West Antarctica is losing weight--…