Making Headlines

Yale Climate Connections , April 8, 2020

In California, cow poop is a big problem for the climate. Manure management at California dairy farms accounts for 26% of the state’s point-source methane emissions, a figure equal to the point-source emissions from the oil and gas sector, according to research reported in fall 2019 in Nature. ...

BBC, April 8, 2020

Images of white, skeletal coral reefs are becoming an increasingly bleak, if familiar sight. Massive coral bleaching events are becoming more common around the world, as a result of the rapid pace of climate change. In the period from 2014 to 2017, about 75% of the planet’s tropical coral reefs suffered heat-induced bleaching during a global ocean heatwave. ...

The Ohio Star, April 6, 2020

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state of Ohio has been in an effective shutdown for 12 days. Governor DeWine and Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director Amy Acton have, on several occasions, referred to an evolving series of slides depicting what they say are projections of the number cases of the coronavirus disease in Ohio between March 1 and the end of May to justify these extraordinary actions. ...

The Week, April 3, 2020

On Thursday morning, The New York Times published a map. Using anonymous cellphone data from millions of Americans, the map showed a county-by-county breakdown of "when average distance traveled first fell below two miles" since social distancing was advised to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The conclusion felt obvious: As one Times reporter summarized in a tweet he later deleted, "The South." ...

The Columbus Dispatch, March 31, 2020

The new Crew stadium is expected to open next summer, but concerns are being raised because the 33-acre site is in a 100-year floodplain. Experts say in light of climate change, the city can expect more flooding in the future. Is enough being done to offset the risk of flooding? ...

FiveThirtyEight, March 31, 2020

Here we are, in the middle of a pandemic, staring out our living room windows like aquarium fish. The question on everybody’s minds: How bad will this really get? Followed quickly by: Seriously, how long am I going to have to live cooped up like this? ...

Science, March 30, 2020

In the Peak District of the United Kingdom, the picturesque village of Castleton nestles at the foot of a limestone outcrop crowned by a medieval castle. Today, hikers flock to the natural beauty of this region, home to the United Kingdom’s first national park. But 800 years ago, the wild moors and wooded gorges were “covered in toxic lead pollution,” says archaeologist Chris Loveluck of the University of Nottingham. “The royal hunting forest near the castle was an industrial landscape.” ...

Columbus Dispatch, March 26, 2020

Among other safety efforts, grocery stores, including Whole Foods and Giant Eagle, have installed plexiglass shields between clerks and customers in checkout lanes. Kroger, Walmart and Sam’s Club also have started adding the shields in their stores. ...

The Sentinel Record, March 22, 2020

Ten Ohio State University students recently spent their spring break in Hot Springs volunteering at Hot Springs National Park, helping with projects that included the removal of invasive plants. ...

Crain's Cleveland Business, March 15, 2020

For Gene Sigel, who's managed grape crops for 26 years at Debonné Vineyards in Madison, climate change means the potential for stronger polar vortexes like the one that decimated plants in the winter of 2014-15. ...