Department of Earth Sciences
91²Ö¿â Professor Collaborates With NASA Glenn and University Researchers to Study, Improve Lake Erie’s Water Quality
The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks to Ohioans in coastal communities, making it difficult to maintain good water quality for citizens, state and local policymakers. A recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science shows how researchers in the Great Lakes region are…
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91²Ö¿â Professor Shares Concerns 91²Ö¿â Potential Budget Cuts to Scientific Research
Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.
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91²Ö¿â Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
91²Ö¿â Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
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91²Ö¿â Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 91²Ö¿â professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from 91²Ö¿â’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks…
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91²Ö¿â Geology Professor Named a Public Engagement Fellow of Leshner Leadership Institute at AAAS
Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91²Ö¿â, was one of 15 climate change researchers to be named a 2016-17 Public Engagement Fellow of the Leshner Leadership Institute at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (…
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Bioretention Cells Reduce Total Runoff by 40 Percent in Study
91²Ö¿â and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to nearby urban waterways, …
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 91²Ö¿â at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91²Ö¿â at Trumbull. His research in structural geo…
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91²Ö¿â Researchers to Launch Three New Studies to Monitor Lake Erie
91²Ö¿â researchers will launch three new studies of harmful algal blooms (HAB) in Lake Erie this spring as part of an overall $2 million water quality initiative by the Ohio Board of Regents. Harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie can produce toxins that make water hazardous to dr…
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Prehistoric Landslide Was Bigger Than Three Ohio Counties, Trumbull Researcher Reports
A catastrophic landslide, one of the largest known on the surface of the Earth, took place within minutes in southwestern Utah more than 21 million years ago, reports a 91²Ö¿â at Trumbull geologist in a paper published in the November issue of the journal Geology. The Markagunt gravi…
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A National Treasure
For 91²Ö¿â Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. 
 So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t…
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