Ohio State research: Deforestation effect on climate change overstated
Like the Lorax, Brent Sohngen speaks for the trees. In new environmental research, trees are talking — and they’re not saying what you might think.…
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Young voices advocate action on climate change in Youth Climate Strike
The steps of the Ohio Statehouse were flooded with over 400 students, teachers and protestors of all ages at the Youth Climate Strike Friday. In …
Ohio State to participate in first-ever Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit
Ohio State University was announced as a founding member of the first-ever Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit Thursday, in which Midwestern unive…
Ohio State professor gives award money back to university
When Ohio State professor Rattan Lal was awarded the prestigious Japan Prize April 8 and its accompanying $450,000 award, he had numerous options for h…
Ohio State professors lead the way on treaty-ratification research
Peer pressure isn’t just for high schoolers. It plays out on larger scales too. In fact, it plays out on the largest stage out there: international…
Ohio State advocacy group holds panel on how climate change affects beer production
Climate advocacy group Defend Our Future is furthering its cause by supporting something important to college students: beer. Defend Our Future,…
Environmental club hopes to make a difference removing trees
A new environmental organization on campus is hosting its first ecological restoration project Saturday by clearing ground along the Olentangy Rive…
Proposed adoption of search engine at Ohio State to reduce carbon emissions
Last weekend, a group of Ohio State graduate students and their faculty adviser were awarded $40,000 in funding in the Smart Campus Challenge, a su…
Former president of Ireland talks fighting climate change, ‘climate justice’
For the final lecture of the 2019 Community Engagement Conference on Thursday, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson spoke to Ohio State facult…
Ohio State student hopes to reduce Central Ohio food waste through President’s Prize
Growing up in rural Ohio, Zac Graber was very active in his local 4-H, Farm Bureau and Future Farmers of America organizations. Little did he kn…