Water
![Online map depicting decomposition rates in rivers on a global scale – These maps are hosted on a server at Kent State. Online map depicting decomposition rates in rivers on a global scale – These maps are hosted on a server at Kent State.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/CELLDEXscreenshot.jpg?VersionId=9z2BiS3XiQHG_5NZpBHrIicWRqu7JaGV&h=72e553a7&itok=ONSxIZE1)
Researchers map aquatic-based, human-driven impacts on climate change
![Old Woman Creek: one of the wetlands that is part of H2Ohio Initiative Wetland Monitoring Program. Researchers will assess how effective wetland restoration, construction, and management projects are at removing polluting nutrients from inflowing water. Old Woman Creek: one of the wetlands that is part of H2Ohio Initiative Wetland Monitoring Program. Researchers will assess how effective wetland restoration, construction, and management projects are at removing polluting nutrients from inflowing water.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/OldWomanCreek_1500w_0.jpg?VersionId=uuiWwvNmvRc1AvlnJS9twR4lizUF9cPn&h=67eabc4d&itok=PgnzXbA0)
Biological Sciences Faculty to Lead H2Ohio Wetlands Monitoring Program
Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Lead for Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN). The group will assess the effectiveness and future role of implemented and planned wetland restoration projects in partnership with the Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR). This project is part of Governor Mike DeWine’s , a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improving Ohio’s water quality.
![Chelsea Smith (left) and Jordyn Stoll (right) were selected for a Department of Energy Graduate Student Research Program Chelsea Smith (left) and Jordyn Stoll (right) were selected for a Department of Energy Graduate Student Research Program](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/stollandsmith_1500w_0.jpg?VersionId=fKLBzXRzrLmi1xm9_gQFdE6av0Wm3cd_&h=61b320c1&itok=DlJC-sD7)
Department of Energy Selects Two Kent State Biology Ph.D. Students for Prestigious Research Program
Two 5XÉçÇø students, in the College of Arts and Sciences, were among 62 students from 50 different U.S. universities recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.