Making Headlines
The following articles reflect our commitment to share sustainability-related accomplishments across the university — representing its colleges, departments, institutes, centers and other units — in the areas of research, student engagement, campus stewardship and collaborations with the public and private sectors.
NBC News, March 10, 2022
New research, in which scientists spent 22 months studying several types of corals in Hawaii, suggests that several species could weather climate change better than thought. ...
Featured expert(s): Andréa Grottoli
earth sciences, SI affiliated faculty
WBNS, March 8, 2022
Competition at the pump. Inflation. Sanctions against Russia. Restrictions on US drilling. People are driving more. Together, experts say they're all driving up the cost of gasoline. ...
Featured expert(s): Jeff Bielicki
civil, environmental and geodetic engineering, SI faculty research lead
Washington Post, March 1, 2022
Natalia Romik had just returned to Warsaw from a five-week research trip through Kyiv’s sewers and caves, where she studies Jewish hiding places during the Holocaust, when she learned she had won the Dan David Prize. Now, a few weeks later, she’s doing everything she can to help the Ukrainian refugees flooding into Poland after Russia’s invasion. ...
Featured expert(s): Bart Elmore
history, SI core faculty
Washington Post, February 24, 2022
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will hold a first-of-its-kind roundtable with leading scientists today on the urgent need to combat climate change and counter arguments for delaying climate action, Maxine scoops this morning. ...
Featured expert(s): Kerry Ard
environment and natural resources, SI affiliated faculty
Columbus Dispatch, February 23, 2022
Featured expert(s): Jeffrey Bielicki, civil, environmental and geodetic engineering, SI faculty research lead; Brent Sohngen; agricultural, environmental and development economics
Columbus Dispatch, February 22, 2022
Featured expert(s): Andy May
civil, environmental and geodetic engineering, SI affiliated faculty
Earth.com, February 20, 2022
Vacation photos of various animals such as zebras or whales that tourists post on social media may have an unexpected benefit. According to new research led by the Imageomics Institute at the Ohio State University (OSU), vacation photos could help scientists track and gather information on endangered species ...
Featured expert(s): Tanya Berger-Wolf
computer science and engineering, SI affiliated faculty
Science Daily, February 17, 2022
A drop in the total number of rainy days each year is contributing to an earlier arrival of spring for plants in northern climates, a new study finds. ...
Featured expert(s): Desheng Liu
geography, SI affiliated faculty
Columbus Dispatch, February 15, 2022
Featured expert(s): Harvey Miller, geography, SI faculty advisory board; Andre Carrel, civil, environmental and geodetic engineering, SI affiliated faculty
Wired, February 14, 2022
Just seeing a map of charging stations in rural areas can help alleviate “range anxiety”—and help get more EVs on the streets. ...
Featured expert(s): Nicole Sintov
environment and natural resources, SI core faculty