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New App Helps Farmers Know When to Spray or Spread

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new app from The Ohio State University will help farmers save both money and the environment.

The Field Application Resource Monitor (FARM) uses…

Downtown Columbus with Scioto River

Draft Columbus Climate Change Action Plan Available for Public Feedback

The public is invited to review and provide feedback on the Columbus Climate Change Action Plan from February 1, 2018 through March 9, 2018. Each of the chapters is downloadable as either a PDF or…

Observed changes in annual, winter, and summer temperature (°F) for different periods since 19081

National Climate Assessment 4 - Climate Science Special Report Released

The latest National Climate Assessment Vol. I (Climate Science Special Report) has been released. "This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the…

Lake Erie Algal Bloom Photo from September 26, 2017

2017 Lake Erie Algal Bloom

The NY Times summarizes this year's algal bloom on Lake Erie.

Professor Steven Quiring

Steven Quiring and Harvey Power Outages

OSU Department of Geography Professor Steven Quiring is part of a research group that has created the Hurricane Power Outage Model.  While the current version does not explicitly consider…

Sunset with clouds and farm field

Aaron Wilson and Jason Cervenec to Present at 2017 Farm Science Review

Climate change may trigger images of polar bears falling off melting ice slabs in the Arctic, but the changes are relevant for Ohio farmers as well.

Winters in Ohio are warming quicker than…

CREAT image showing change in average annual precipitation in percentage by 2060 given a warm/wet future scenario.

Bryan Mark talks climate change and water sector impacts at CREAT session

Bryan Mark, State Climatologist for Ohio, was invited to give an overview on the climate projections for the Midwest and potential water sector impacts at the CREAT (Climate Resilience Evaluation and…
State Climatologist Bryan Mark stands in front of a line of dairy cows at Watermand Farm on a cold, cloudy February day.

SCOO in ASCENT Magazine

Read about SCOO and its desire to help the agricultural community in Ohio!

 

Assistant State Climatologist Jim DeGrand, Undergraduate Research Stephen Maldonado, and SCOO collaborator Aaron Wilson pose for a picture near the OARDC-Columbus meteorological tower preparing to intall soil moisture probes in the ground.

Soil Moisture Probes Coming to Ohio!

Monday May 15, 2017 was an exciting day for SCOO! We installed our first soil moisture probes as part of our Connect and Collaborate Grant: Connecting Climate and People to Improve Outcomes for…