Joe Ortiz

A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA

Revised Look at Ancient Glaciers Predicts Faster Melting Rate in Antarctica

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at Kent State University, recently authored a “News and Views” article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex during the Last Deglaciation.

Tags: Research & Science , Joe Ortiz , Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , climate change , Antarctica , Glaciers , Nature Geoscience , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA

Revised Look at Ancient Glaciers Predicts Faster Melting Rate in Antarctica

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at Kent State University, recently authored a “News and Views” article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex during the Last Deglaciation.

Tags: Research & Science , Joe Ortiz , Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , climate change , Antarctica , Glaciers , Nature Geoscience , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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"We're Killing Our Lakes and Oceans": Kent State Geology Professor Co-Authors Op-Ed Essay

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the department of geology at Kent State University recently co-authored an op-ed essay for Undark.org with his colleague Eelco J. Rohling, a professor of ocean and climate change at the Australian National University in Canberra, and…

Tags: Research & Science , Joe Ortiz , Department of Earth Sciences , Lake Erie , Clean Water Act , Research , Global Warming , Wetlands , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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"We're Killing Our Lakes and Oceans": Kent State Geology Professor Co-Authors Op-Ed Essay

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the department of geology at Kent State University recently co-authored an op-ed essay for Undark.org with his colleague Eelco J. Rohling, a professor of ocean and climate change at the Australian National University in Canberra, and…

Tags: Joe Ortiz , Department of Earth Sciences , Lake Erie , Clean Water Act , Research , Global Warming , Wetlands

College of Arts & Sciences