Antarctic peninsula likely to warm over next two decades
Precipitation increases also likely, study shows
An analysis of historic and projected simulations from 19 global climate models shows that, because of climate change, the temperature in the Antarctic peninsula will increase by 0.5 to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2044.
The projections also showed that precipitation – a threat to ice if it manifests as rain – will likely increase on the peninsula by about 5% to 10% over that same time period.
The estimates were published recently in the journal
“We are concerned about these findings. We’ve been seeing overall quite big changes on the peninsula, generally getting warmer and ice shelves and glaciers discharging into the ocean,” said David Bromwich, a leading author of the study and a research professor at The Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and department of geography.
Ohio State earns DOE funding to drive fuel economy improvements in next-gen vehicles
Center for Automotive Research will lead research
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The Ohio State University has received $5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to optimize fuel economy in connected and automated vehicles.
This is Ohio State’s second project to be funded through ARPA-E’s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Research will be led by Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research (CAR).
CAR’s initial NEXTCAR project demonstrated a multi-horizon vehicle dynamics and powertrain control optimization algorithm that improves fuel economy on a light-duty vehicle by more than 20%. In the current project, Ohio State, BorgWarner and the Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC) will integrate advanced system-level optimization and control technologies for
Parenting and working in a pandemic
Joyce Chen seeks balance and equity as a mom, professor, Asian-American and a woman
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Last fall, when school began in the new kind of way, at home, all or part of the week, with assignments and Zoom meetings and questions, Joyce Chen found herself in a predicament like many others did.
With three children at home, a 7-year-old, 10-year-old, and 12-year-old, someone always needed her for something, help with an assignment, help finding a pencil or getting on Zoom. They wanted someone to explain. They wanted someone to listen.
As an associate professor of development economics at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), Chen had to put her own research on hold while teaching a new class and converting another one to online. She needed uninterrupted hours, at least a few at a time, to delve into her research, and she didn’t have that.
President Johnson meets with staff to discuss campus return, mental health and anti-racism
University Staff Advisory Committee hosts first Conversation with the President
Ohio State University President Kristina M. Johnson praised the critical role of staff to creating a great land-grant university in the 21st century. The university’s 16th president discussed what a return to campus will look like in the near future, her vision for Ohio State as an anti-racist community and her favorite late night TV shows during an hour-long conversation with the University Staff Advisory Committee this week.
The committee hosts the president for a question-and-answer session each year. This was Johnson’s first appearance since becoming president.
Electricity could help speed wound healing, new study shows
Electrical impulses may help vessels more quickly get healing agents to injuries
The study, published in the
Royal Society of Chemistry journal
Lab on a Chip, found that steady electrical stimulation generates increased permeability across blood vessels, providing new insight into the ways new blood vessels might grow.
The electrical stimulation provided a constant voltage with an accompanying electric current in the presence of fluid flow. The findings indicate that stimulation increases permeability of the blood vessel – an important characteristic that can help wound-healing substances in the blood reach injuries more efficiently.