Repeated freezing and thawing last winter was hard on lawns in Ohio—and the damage may only now be apparent. CFAES scientists Todd Hicks and Joe Rimelspach have tips to help bring back the green.
Month: May 2019
Our 2 main kinds of big, buzzy bugs
Get up to speed on Ohio’s cicadas, courtesy of scientists from CFAES.
‘A mild, nutty flavor, like roasted almonds’
The 17-year cicadas are coming, at least in parts of northeast Ohio. “It’s a big entomological event,” says CFAES scientist Dave Shetlar—and a tasty opportunity, or maybe not.
Big plans set for Waterman
CFAES has big plans for its Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory in Columbus. Dean Cathann A. Kress says those plans include becoming “a university hub for leading science and public engagement related to our food system, agriculture, and natural resources; as well as a center where many of our partners can join us to advance knowledge and industry, communicate about science, and prepare future leaders.” Read all about it.
Date set for annual algal bloom forecast
Ohio State’s Ohio Sea Grant program and Stone Laboratory have sent out a save-the-date notice for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom forecast. It’s on Thursday, July 11, at the lab. Learn more.
‘Could have a huge economic impact’
A field of dreams, cheaper biofuel production, might become a reality. Research by CFAES scientist Ajay Shah could cut the cost of collecting and delivering corn plants to make ethanol by up to a fifth.
Stuff your cheeks with wildlife knowledge
There’s lots of life—wild life—in southeast Ohio’s Vinton Furnace State Forest, and there’s a chance coming up to check it out (scroll down).
Because a pillar of sustainability is economic …
Even if the United States eventually reaches a trade agreement with China, the damage done from the ongoing trade war could take years to undo, a CFAES agricultural economist says.
Lake Erie algae ‘not just a western-basin issue’
A study on harmful algal blooms in central Lake Erie, featured in earlier posts here and here, was recently covered by the Columbus Dispatch.
“The main takeaway,” study leader Justin Chaffin is quoted as saying in the story, “is that cyanobacteria blooms are not just a western-basin issue.”
Chaffin is research coordinator at CFAES’ Stone Laboratory.
When 2 plants really love each other …
It’s time to have “the talk” about plants. CFAES’ Secrest Arboretum in Wooster hosts a workshop called “How Plants Mate” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Thursday, May 23.