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Bill Gates-backed clean fuel startup raises $246 million to aid plans to drill for hydrogen
Our own Professor Thomas H. Darrah was recently featured in an article by Forbes. Cofounder of Koloma, a clean fuel startup company, Darrah spent years studying where hydrogen pockets…
New names for fossil sharks: News from the Orton Museum
The Carboniferous Period (359–200 million years ago) is known as the “Age of Coal Swamps” and the “Age of Sharks.” And Ohio’s Carboniferous rocks are rich in both coal formed in these swamps and…
New SES Professor Alex Michaud Studies Life in Frozen Places
Photo of Professor Alex Michaud from the field, collecting sediment cores near the terminus of Kongsbreen, a glacier on the west coast of Spitsbergen,…
Fund Spotlight: Friends of Orton Hall
Established in 2006 by numerous donors, the Friends of Orton Hall fund supports undergraduate and graduate students doing research. In calendar year 2023, donors gave over $37,000 to support the…
New SES Professor Emilie Beaudon Examines Climate Signals Preserved in Ice
Emilie in the BPCRC cold room, observing the visual stratigraphy of the Huascarán ice core.Dr. Emilie Beaudon is an ice core…
New SES Professor Brendan Crowell Investigates Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards
In August 2024, Dr. Brendan Crowell will be joining the School of Earth Sciences as an Assistant Professor within the Division of Geodetic Science. He received his Ph.D. from Scripps Institution…
Three new faculty to join SES & Byrd Polar!
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY BYRD POLAR AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER. Emilie Beaudon Melisa Diaz…
NASA and Google's Collaborative Venture: 'A Passage of Water' - An Interactive Dive into Global Freshwater Resources
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY BYRD POLAR AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER.In a pioneering partnership with Google Arts & Culture, NASA has collaborated with artist Yiyun Kang to create an…
Impacts and Sources of Black Carbon in the Arctic: Insights from a 300-Year Svalbard Ice Core Record
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY BYRD POLAR AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER.In a comprehensive study spanning 300 years (1700-2005) of an ice core from Svalbard in the European…