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Ancient Pacific Sediments:

Evidence of a Shifting Tropical Rain Belt Over 30,000 Years

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Mapping Earth’s Edges:

Researchers Release Comprehensive Map of Global Shorelines and Intertidal Areas

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Understanding Urban Warming in Rajshahi City:

Insights from Thermal Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis

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Lead Pollution Across Asia:

Ice Core Study Tracks Contamination from Ancient to Modern Times

See what researchers found

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Antarctic Bedrock Motion:

Global Team Releases Most Comprehensive GNSS Data Set

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Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Technology:

Ohio State Researchers Advance Measurement of Nanoparticles and Microparticles

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October 6, 2025

Behind-the-Scenes Tour

5:00 pm
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center: Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd, West Campus

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October 8, 2025

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September 29, 2025

Southern Indian Ocean Warming Drives Rising Summer Temperatures in East Antarctica’s Interior

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that summer warming deep inside East Antarctica is being driven by rapid ocean warming thousands of kilometers away in the southern Indian…

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September 26, 2025

College of Arts and Sciences launches BuckAI Observatory

To capitalize on the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and The Ohio State University’s focus on becoming a national leader in the field, the College of Arts and Sciences has…

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September 22, 2025

From Research to Action — Making the Case for Peru’s Quelccaya National Park

Lonnie Thompson, Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University, recently spoke with…

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September 16, 2025

Byrd Center Researchers Lead Field Expedition to Study Peru’s Quelccaya Ice Cap

Researchers led by The Ohio State University's Earth Sciences Professor Lonnie Thompson, a Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology research group and a…