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Kennedy Lecture: Natural History and Aesthetics: Why Should We Care about Nature? March 18

The  Kennedy Lecture Series presents Dr. Harry W. Greene on “Natural history and aesthetics: why should we care about nature?” on March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium at Ohio University. Greene is the Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. He […]

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February 27, 2014 at 2:30 pmEvents

NBC: 450 Million Years Ago, Rising Peaks Let Invasive Species In

“The rise of the forerunners of the Appalachian Mountains may have opened the gates for invasive species to storm the lost continent that gave rise to North America, new research suggests,” writes NBC News’ Science blogger Charles Q. Choi on Sept. 3 Such research could shed light on how to […]

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September 4, 2013 at 10:59 pmFaculty in the News In the News

What the Brachiopods from Cincinnati Say About Tectonic Shift

What the Brachiopods from Cincinnati Say About Tectonic Shift

Did you know that North America was part of an ancient continent called Laurentia that sat near the equator and had a tropical climate? Or that the forerunner to the Appalachian Mountains—called the Taconic Mountains—were forced up about 450 million years ago through tectonic plate movement? As the Taconic Mountains […]

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August 26, 2013 at 9:21 amResearch