Making Headlines

WOSU All Sides, Feb. 17, 2020

Agriculture is both a contributor to and a casualty of climate change. Warmer winters, wetter springs and in 2019 the hottest summer on record are taking a toll on the crops. In response, some farmers are adopting new and innovative ways to sustainably grow the food that feeds the U.S. and much of the rest of the world. ...

ThisWeek Community News, Feb. 15, 2020

When it comes to thinking “local,” some central Ohio horticulturalists and conservation specialists like to remind residents the concept applies to more than what we eat. ...

Weather Channel , Feb. 14, 2020

The majestic Himalayas, which feed numerous perennial rivers of South Asia with pristine water, are turning into a repository of toxic pollution from human activities. A recent study has found the presence of atmospheric toxic metals from the beginning of the European Industrial Revolution (late 18th century) in the Himalayas. ...

Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net, Feb. 14, 2020

New technology holds promise for America’s small farms and rural businesses, but public-sector involvement — such as for expanding rural broadband access — is needed for that promise to be realized. ...

Wired, Feb. 13, 2020

There’s treasure buried deep beneath the viridescent foothills of Tuscany’s Apennine Mountains, where the stark metal trusses of the Venelle-2 drilling tower mark its location like an X on a map. This geothermal well reaches nearly two miles beneath the surface to a region where temperatures and pressures are so high that rock begins to bend. Here, conditions are ripe for supercritical geothermal fluids, mineral-rich water that exhibits characteristics of both a liquid and a gas. It’s not exactly gold, but if Venelle-2 could tap into a reservoir of supercritical fluids and use them to spin a turbine on the surface, it would be one of the most energy-dense forms of renewable power in the world. ...

The Globe and Mail, Feb. 12, 2020

I was cleaning out my fridge recently, feeling more and more guilty about every rotted piece of fruit and item past its “best before” date. Everything I was throwing out was wasted money and adding to a landfill somewhere. But mid-purge, I realized I wasn’t sure if I actually had to toss a lot of what I was pitching in a garbage bag. The mouldy strawberries obviously had to go. But did I really have to throw out the ground beef just because its best before date was two days ago? ...

Discover, Feb. 11, 2020

In the 1760s, British business owners swung open the doors to a cutting-edge innovation: factories. But behind those harbingers of industrialization lay coal, the fuel for their furnaces, pumps and engines. ...

USA Today, Feb. 10, 2020

Antarctica made worldwide news last week when one location – an Argentine research base – set a record high temperature for the continent of 64.9 degrees.   ...

WSYX, Feb. 7, 2020

Three universities in Ohio earned top rankings during a national recycling competition. ...

Popular Science, Feb. 7, 2020

It’s getting downright steamy in Antarctica. This morning, an Argentinian research base located at the most northern tip of the continent recorded a temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit. For context, that’s around ten degrees higher than it is right now in New York City. ...