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.
Columbus Monthly, December 13, 2022
What responsibility does a 100-year-old chemical manufacturer with repeated federal safety violations have to its neighbors? And is rebuilding trust even possible? ...
Featured expert(s): Kerry Ard
Environment and Natural Resources and Sustainability Institute affiliated faculty
Science Advances, November 30, 2022
In this study, researchers outline and test a theoretical model of neighborhood effects on cognitive development that highlights the mediating role of early life exposure to neurotoxic air pollution. ...
Featured expert(s): Kerry Ard
Environment and Natural Resources and Sustainability Institute affiliated faculty
Washington Post, November 30, 2022
Young children living in neighborhoods with high rates of poverty are more likely to be exposed to many different air pollutants, and that can harm their development during early childhood, according to a study published Wednesday. ...
Featured expert(s): Kerry Ard (featured research)
Environment and Natural Resources and Sustainability Institute affiliated faculty
Toledo Blade, December 11, 2022
It’s long been assumed that harmful algal blooms and E. coli bacterial outbreaks hurt Lake Erie eco-tourism in general. But a fresh Ohio State University study has quantified that impact for one recent year: 2019. It’s one of the few studies of its kind that drills down specifically to Lake Erie beaches’ value. ...
Featured expert(s): Brent Sohngen
SI affiliated faculty; agricultural, environmental and development economics
Cleveland.com, December 7, 2022
Within 24 hours of unveiling the idea, Ohio Senate Republicans passed legislation Wednesday that would expand the ability to drill for oil and gas on state-owned lands, including state parks. ...
Featured expert(s): Jeff Bielicki and Cinnamon Carlarne
SI faculty research lead; civil, environmental and geodetic engineering; public and affairs and SI affiliated faculty; law
Pew Charitable Trusts, December 8, 2022
Conflict between municipal transportation departments and their state counterparts is not unique to Illinois. Attempts to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety on busy state roads within urban areas often meet strong headwinds from state transportation departments, whose raison d'être is moving cars quickly and efficiently. ...
Featured expert(s): Harvey Miller and Yuchen Li
SI faculty advisory board; geography and graduate student, geography
Columbus Dispatch, December 7, 2022
Facing an ultimatum from the Biden administration, the owner of Ohio’s largest coal-fired power plant said last week that the facility would change the way it disposes of potentially toxic coal ash. ...
Featured expert(s): Tarunjit Singh Butalia
SI affiliated faculty; civil, environmental and geodetic engineering
The Lantern, November 28, 2022
Throughout orange traffic cones, grey cement and yellow bulldozers, construction projects at Ohio State are going green to keep up with the university's sustainability goals. ...
Featured expert(s): Jordan Clark
College of Engineering and SI core faculty member
Columbus Dispatch, August 3, 2022
Featured expert(s): Nicole Sintov
SI core faculty; environment and natural resources
Inquirer, August 3, 2022
Since the early 1990s, many of the world’s glaciers have been rapidly melting, mainly due to human activity. In the past years, scientists have been raising the alarm on Greenland’s ice sheets, which may be approaching a dangerous tipping point. ...
Featured expert(s): Michael Bevis
Earth sciences