GCC/Water Resources
Global Climate Change & Water Resources
E. Scott Bair, Anne E. Carey, Gunter Faure, Motomu Ibaraki, William Berry Lyons, Garry D. McKenzie, Douglas E. Pride, Frank W. Schwartz, Lonnie G. Thompson
Ecosystems and humans around the world are facing numerous world-wide threats. Among these newly emerging threats are global climate change and depleting water resources. The global average temperature has risen in each of the last three decades. Demand for water has drastically increased because agricultural, industrial, and residential uses are exceeding the sustainable supply in many countries.
In order to attack various scientific problems associated with global warming and water resources, our research group at The Ohio State University encompasses research and learning on global climate change, paleoclimatology, hydrogeology, hydrology, geophysics, risk assessment, and water quality. Field research is conducted in areas as close as local Ohio watersheds and the Great Plains, and as far away as Tanzania, Japan, New Zealand, and Antarctica.
Seven professors are working in this research group including distinguished professors, Dr. L.G. Thompson (National Academy of Sciences member), and Dr. F.W. Schwartz (Ohio Eminent Scholar). We publish papers in various journals, including: Science, Nature, Environmental Science & Technology, Geochemistry, Geology, Water Resources Research, Organic Geochemistry, and Journal of Geophysical Research.
Our program is geared for professional as well as academic programs. Graduates from this research group take various career pathways at universities, national laboratories, and in the environmental industry.