Ohio State Studies Greenland s Big Retreat
Chris Gaitten
Most Ohioans will never see Greenland the way Michalea King has. The sun sparkling off the vast ice sheet that blankets the inland landscape. The crunch of walking across the glaciers those slow-moving rivers of ice that run to the ocean like outstretched fingers. This land is too distant and harsh to welcome many visitors, but it’s also changing rapidly, to an extent that surprises researchers like King.
In August, she and her Ohio State colleagues issued a stark warning about the magnitude of that change. Scientists have known for years that Greenland’s glaciers are shrinking, but a study from the university’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center found they’re dumping so much ice into the ocean that the entire ice sheet has hit a troubling tipping point. The study, which analyzed satellite images from 1985 to 2018, described how Greenland’s glaciers began retreating much faster around the year 2000. As gl
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President Kristina M. Johnson sent the following email to The Ohio State University community today (Feb. 11).
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff:
Your efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus continue to pay off. I am proud to be part of such a caring and conscientious Buckeye community. As this challenge continues, you are succeeding every day in advancing our overall mission and building a better world.
Our student seven-day average positivity rate has continued to trend at 0.5% – both on and off campus. When I think of the sacrifices all of you are making to help keep one another, your families and our broader Buckeye community safe, I am inspired. The Buckeye spirit shines even brighter. Let’s continue to be safe around each other and for each other, Together As Buckeyes.