June 13, 2022
Using isotopic analysis of its tusks, researchers tracked the ever-increasing seasonal migrations of a male mastodon across what is now Indiana, Ohio and Illinois more than 13,000 years ago. It's the first study of its kind to examine the seasonal movements of the largest extinct Ice Age animals.
April 27, 2021
Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year into the atmosphere and surface water, according to a study by the University of Cincinnati.
January 22, 2021
Some caribou that trek hundreds of miles each year to give birth and find food shifted their historic migration routes after the 1970s, coinciding with construction of new roads and energy industry infrastructure, according to scientists with the University of Cincinnati.
November 6, 2020
The University of Cincinnati is using new technology to expand the scope of its groundwater observatory, which tracks pollution and water flow along the Great Miami River. The goal is to help protect river-fed aquifers that supply drinking water.
July 11, 2022
The first year of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars captured the imaginations of scientists and the public alike with an interplanetary helicopter flight and the first chance to hear the sounds of the red planet. But two students at the University of Cincinnati say the best is yet to come in year two as the rover and their NASA science team begin in earnest to look for ancient life on another planet.
November 30, 2022
UC paleontologist Joshua Miller disputes timeline that uses environmental DNA to suggest mammoths died out more recently than we knew.
September 23, 2021
UC environmental studies professors Amy Townsend-Small and Robert Hyland talk to WVXU about Procter & Gamble Co.'s new policies designed to reduce the company's carbon footprint.
April 8, 2021
Amy Townsend-Small is investigating long-ignored sources of greenhouse gases in the petrochemical industry.
August 13, 2021
UC associate professor Brooke Crowley talks to the New York Times about how strontium analysis allows researchers to understand how long-extinct animals lived.
September 8, 2020
UC associate professor Amy Townsend-Small talks about the public health risks if chemicals from injection wells migrate to groundwater.