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Some Chemicals Lingered for Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment

by Elise Cutts 23 August 202323 August 2023

Researchers drove around a van outfitted with a sensitive mass spectrometer to measure airborne chemicals weeks after the disaster.

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Lake Erie Sediments: All Dredged Up with Nowhere to Grow

by J. Besl 31 August 202129 March 2023

Agriculture is a key contributor to the algae mats that plague Lake Erie. With so many fertilizers entering the lake, could sediment from the lake floor be used to grow crops instead?

Middle school students sitting around a table at Ohio State University with a homemade ice core
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Cold Curriculum for a Hot Topic

by Nancy Averett 22 March 20212 September 2022

Educators at ice core labs teach students hands-on lessons about climate change.

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Despite Stalled Regulations, U.S. Mercury Emissions Decline

by K. Klein 9 December 201521 December 2022

Newly published measurements made downwind of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio coal-burning plants reveal steep, unexpected drops in atmospheric mercury concentrations since 2006.

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Ohio Earthquake Directly Tied to Fracking

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 8 January 20158 December 2022

A small earthquake that occurred in Ohio in 2014 is among the largest earthquakes thought to be induced directly by hydraulic fracturing.

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