Environment

The Appalachian Basin – which includes parts of eastern Ohio – is one of the areas where aquifers are most at risk.

The authors say more federal investment is needed to clean up pollution, reduce runoff and restore wildlife habitat.

In 2024, the National Weather Service recorded more tornadoes in Ohio than ever before. Now, communities are reckoning with what that means for housing.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources halted a fracking operation in southeast Ohio’s Noble County earlier this month, after about 50 small earthquakes rattled the area.

The Cincinnati zoo is growing feed for its animals locally.

The Lazarus lizard was smuggled into Cincinnati from Italy more than 70 years ago. A team of student researchers at Ohio Wesleyan University is studying how they’ve adapted.

The Family Forest Carbon Program is helping Ohio landowners connect to the complicated carbon market.

A team of locals in Athens County is trying to make former mine land economically productive again. Instead of harvesting coal, they’re creating a community forest.

Microplastics litter the water of all five Great Lakes, but there’s no coordinated, region-wide effort to monitor plastic pollution. A board of scientists is recommending a solution.

Ohio’s inaugural “Soil Health Week” highlighted ways that farmers can implement climate-resilient practices using common language. .