After nearly a full year of social distancing and masking up to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it can feel like life has been put on hold. Unfortunately, issues like climate change lack a pause button and demand ongoing efforts. Continue reading The OU Climate and Sustainability Ambassadors Go Virtual
A recent study conducted by the George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs presents data indicating potential economic benefits that could stem from increased utility-scale solar energy projects in Ohio. Continue reading New Voinovich Study Looks at Solar in Ohio
Larry Witmer, along with several of his undergraduate and doctoral students, hosted the Science Cafe on Oct. 5 from the comfort of WitmerLab in the Life Science building at Ohio University. Continue reading The Head Bone Connected to the… – Science Cafe Fall 2020
By Morgan Spehar The Pawpaw Festival may have been canceled this year due to the coronavirus, but Ohio University’s Science Cafe series continued on Sept. 16 with food scientist Rob Brannon, who gave a virtual presentation on one of the most unusual fruits in Ohio: the pawpaw. Nicknamed the Appalachian apple, the Hoosier banana or any one of dozens of other monikers, the American pawpaw … Continue reading Ohio’s Strange Fruit – Science Cafe Fall 2020
by Jack Knudson As a part of the Challenging Dialogues Lecture Series, Lisa Friedman, a climate reporter for the New York Times, recently spoke at Ohio University about the current state of environmental journalism. As concerns grow over climate change over time, there comes a shift in how it is covered in the media. Environmental journalism has come a long way, from the musings of … Continue reading Visiting Reporter Discusses the Current State of Environmental Journalism
by Emily Crebs Athens City Council has announced, not only its belief in climate change but a promise to make the climate a priority in its agenda. Athens City Council passed a Climate Emergency Resolution on Feb. 3, which is worded as a call to action for the city to mobilize and take steps to locally reduce its impact on the environment. Chris Fahl, an … Continue reading Athens City commits to fighting climate change
By Sean Hollowell The forest is quiet around County Road 68 near Glouster, Ohio. The leaves have fallen from the trees, and there isn’t a car running for miles around. Every little sound carries through the woods. A woodpecker taps a tree once, twice, and then decides to search for a new place to eat. Every once in a while something, a squirrel probably, rustles … Continue reading The Uncertain Future of One of Athens’s Last Untouched Streams
By Morgan Spehar On Nov. 16, a group of 10 students from Ohio University – most of whom were members of the Ohio University Sierra Student Coalition (OUSSC) – joined two Forest Service employees to volunteer at the Peabody Wildlife Opening. They did all kinds of work, everything from cleaning out bird boxes to cutting down Autumn olive (an invasive shrub) to gathering grasses for … Continue reading OU Students Give Back at Peabody Wildlife Opening
By Katelyn Rousch While the BatLab at Ohio University might not be the hideout for a certain iconic Gotham vigilante, it is home to a group of passionate conservation superheroes. Dr. Joseph Johnson and his grad students are all about studying and supporting the group that makes up nearly 25 percent of all mammal species: bats. To everyone besides mammalogists, this figure might be a … Continue reading Conservation Biology Takes Flight at Dr. Joseph Johnson’s “BatLab”
by Anna Birk Ultraviolet, or UV, rays are a topic we often hear about during the summer, when it becomes a rarity to leave home without sunscreen. What many people may not consider, however, is that radiation from ultraviolet light can be extremely harmful in the winter months as well. Likewise, many may not consider that there are three UV rays leaving the sun. The … Continue reading Weighing the Effects of UV Sunlight
