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Climate Change Adaptation: The New Normal
The message Aaron Wilson is sharing with Ohio farmers is that climate change is happening here and now and is impacting everyone. As State Climatologist of Ohio, and Assistant Professor, Ag…
Northeast Ohio's Mild Winter Reflects Long-Term Trend of Winter Becoming the Fastest Warming Season Due to Climate Change
Climate change is causing winter to be the fastest-warming season in much of the continental U.S., and seasonal snowfall is declining in many cities. In addition, cold snaps are becoming less…
NOAA's Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Tool Helps better visualize Climate and Weather Disasters
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters interactive tool allows users to explore details associated with extreme weather events such…
Inadequate Federal Flood Maps and Underestimation of Climate Change Risks: A Recipe for Disaster!
According to a recent report published in Nature Climate Change titled Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets, the US real estate market is not…
Environmental Concerns Remain Two weeks After Train Derailment in Ohio
A train derailment that occurred on February 3rd near East Palestine, Ohio, involved hazardous materials that has caused environmental concerns for residents, despite the reassurances of state…
Earth had its 7th-warmest January on record
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), January 2023 was the seventh-warmest January in 174 years. The…
Detecting Extreme Climate Event Impacts Using Remote Sensing Data in Deep Machine Learning Paradigms
C.K. Shum, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University and a Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center, co-…
Aaron Wilson, Keynote Speaker at the 2023 William Fowler Science Series in Lima, Ohio
Aaron Wilson, the State Climatologist of Ohio, was the keynote speaker at the 2023 William Fowler Science Series held at The Ohio State University's Lima campus on January 31, 2023. The…
Ongoing and Future Projected Intensification of Wet and Dry Extremes in North America
Kyungmin (Kay) Sung, a postdoctoral scholar at Stagge Hydrology Lab at The Ohio State University is the lead author of a study titled Ongoing and Future Projected…