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BBC: 'Snowball Earth' could have been a slushball
April 10, 2023
The BBC highlights a study by University of Cincinnati geologist Thomas Algeo that examined an ice age 635 million years ago.
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NPR: Abandoned wells are leaking planet-warming methane
June 28, 2023
UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Amy Townsend-Small tells NPR's Here & Now program that a relatively small percentage of wells are responsible for most of the methane spilling into the atmosphere from leaks.
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WVXU: What are those dents in the forest?
June 29, 2023
UC Associate Professor Dylan Ward explains to WVXU why some forests have terrain that looks like a rumpled blanket over an unmade bed. The answer: limestone sinkholes that created small depressions in the ground.
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Madagascar's hippos were forest dwellers
July 12, 2023
Extinct hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than the open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered.
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Earth.com: Dwarf hippos in Madagascar preferred forests
July 14, 2023
Earth.com and other science media highlight UC's discoveries about extinct hippos in Madagascar. An isotopic analysis found that dwarf hippos were not grazers of grasslands but instead preferred sedges and leaves in forests. This demonstrated the importance of forests to endemic wildlife on the island.