Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab said “fare thee well” today to Director Jeff Reutter upon his retirement after 42 years of service. Lake Erie and the science that serves it couldn’t have asked for a better friend. See why in the video above.
Month: March 2015
Sneak peek: Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond talks about his book The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies? in a 2013 appearance on The Colbert Report (video, 5:17). He presents a lecture based on the book this Thursday, April 2, at Ohio State.
‘Addressing issues of food security’: Loyola scientist to speak at Ohio State
Chris Peterson of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago presents “Addressing Issues of Food Security through Integration of Curricula, Outreach and Service” from 4-5 p.m., Thursday, April 2. Free. Part of the spring seminar series of CFAES’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. Details.
Goal: ‘To get people to care while there’s still time’
Big thanks to National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore for his talk last night at Ohio State and to CFAES’s David Hanselmann and his colleagues in the School of Environment and Natural Resources and Environmental Professionals Network for serving as hosts. Some 800 people packed the Ohio Union’s Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom. If your interests include wildlife of all kinds and sizes (from veiled chameleons to Francois langurs to Sumatran tigers), photography, and saving Earth’s sadly, ridiculously threatened biodiversity, check out Sartore’s stunning Photo Ark project. (Photo: Scarlet ibises, joelsartore.com.)
Apocalypse imminent? How to save our salamanders
A new fungal disease could wipe out America’s rich salamander diversity (nearly a quarter of the world’s total salamander species) unless steps are taken to stop it. Learn more in April’s program by the Environmental Professionals Network. (Photo: Tiger salamander, iStock.)
Take your trees and their friends to school
Discover your green, leafy friends — and lots of their own friends, too — at Tree School, another coming event by CFAES’s Ohio Woodland Stewards Program. Details. Vernal pool? Yeah, we can build that.
What can you do with your woods?
New to owning a woodland? See what you can do with it in an upcoming workshop by the Ohio Woodland Stewards Program.
‘There’s a lot of influence coming from Ohio State’
“Students help Columbus rank in top 30 green power cities,” says the headline of a recent story by Nick Roll in Ohio State’s student newspaper, The Lantern. Among those quoted are CFAES’s Neil Drobny and Greg Hitzhusen.
‘We need new, dynamic, cost-effective technologies for aquaculture’
Nine-plus billion. That is what the global population is expected to reach by the year 2050, precipitating an unprecedented demand for food and other resources. The statistic and its implications have dominated discussions at recent international meetings and symposia, with a particular emphasis on the need to sustainably intensify agricultural production. Often overlooked, however, is how the world’s developing regions are beginning to look beyond their staple food sources (rice, corn, etc.) and more toward fish and other seafood to feed their growing populations. This trend has been the motivation behind research conducted by CFAES’s Mohammad Alam, a PhD student in fisheries and wildlife …
How to raise poultry in your own backyard
CFAES and the central Ohio group Local Matters are teaming up to hold a workshop called “Raising Poultry in the City.” It’s from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, at CFAES’s Waterman Agriculture and Natural Resources Laboratory in Columbus. Free admission. No registration required. Details here. (Photo: iStock.)