How Canadian wildfire smoke affects air quality in Cleveland: A CWRU faculty member weighs in June 16, 2025A gray haze hung over Cleveland last week as smoke and soot from raging wildfires in western Canada...New FeatureUniversity News·
Sustaining tomorrow: Get to know three individuals taking environmental action at CWRU June 6, 2025Each year, World Environment Day (June 5) calls on people worldwide to raise awareness and take action to...FeaturedUniversity News·
Earth, environmental and planetary sciences’ AW Omta conducts research on changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels October 4, 2024Scientists are trying to understand why the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere changed by about 90 parts...Publications & Presentations·
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences’ Ralph Harvey discusses the disappearance of meteorites May 6, 2024Antarctica holds a treasure trove of meteorites. Why are they disappearing? National Geographic (subscription required): Ralph Harvey, professor in the Department of...Media·
Three questions scientists still have about outer space May 3, 2024As millions looked skyward last month for the total solar eclipse, including those in the path of totality...FeaturedUniversity News·
An environmental lynchpin: How 6% of the earth’s surface plays a vital role in survival February 2, 2024From freshwater spaces to bogs, swamps, marshes and beyond, wetlands are distinct climates and ecosystems that play major...FeaturedUniversity News·
CWRU to honor four Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners during Innovation Week September 20, 2023Of the many traits that unite members of the Case Western Reserve University community, one is perhaps the...AwardsFeatured·
What can we expect in the wake of Hurricane Idalia? CWRU faculty share their expertise August 31, 2023After making landfall in Florida Wednesday morning at Category 3 strength, Hurricane Idalia was described as “violent,” “catastrophic,”...FeaturedUniversity News·
Department of Earth assistant professor Anne Willem Omta links ocean vastness to plight of wrecked submersible July 11, 2023Northeast Ohio experts discuss challenge of missing submersible search WKYC: Anne Willem Omta, visiting assistant professor in the Department...Media·
Mercury’s mysteries: Exploring the first planet from the sun July 5, 2023This article originally appeared in the spring/summer 2023 edition of Think magazine. This summer, The Daily will share some of the articles...FeaturedResearchScience & Tech·