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Help preserve the keys to our climate future

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Ammonia Emissions:

Historical Insights from Ice-Core Analysis in Southeastern Europe

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A Novel Use of AI in Filling the Data Gap

Enhancing GRACE and GRACE-FO Missions Using ERA5-Land Reanalysis

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Accelerating Ice Flow and Climate Change:

Catalysts for Rapid Crevasse Expansion in Greenland

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Empowering Early Career Researchers

in Advanced Earth System Modeling

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Winter Campaigns During YOPP-SH:

Enhancing Atmospheric Predictability Over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica

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Insights from the SWOT Mission:

Revealing Breakthroughs in Global Water Monitoring

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Greenland's Hidden Reservoirs:

Bedrock Shifts Uncover Summer Meltwater

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You can give early and secure your share of a special $190,000 matching pool.

Support our Ice Core Facility Renovation

Polar Libraries Colloquy

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Voices of Excellence

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Upcoming Noteworthy Events

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Career Speaker Series and Research Poster Session: April 2, 2025, 3:00PM - 5:30PM EDT, Byrd Center, Scott Hall (West Campus), 1090 Carmack Rd. and via Zoom

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USG X T4C State of Sustainability Night, April 7, 2025,5:00PM - 7:00PM, Archie Griffin Ballroom, Ohio Union

EARTHSC 8988: Min Liew - Exploding Craters in Permafrost, April 18, 2025, 1:45PM - 2:45PM EDT, Mendenhall Laboratory 291 and via Zoom

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March 22 - April 22, 2025

2025 Passport to Earth Month

Across Ohio State campuses and surrounding communities

Student presenting a poster at the 2023 Byrd Symposium

April 2, 2025

Career Speaker Series and Research Poster Session

Scott Hall (West Campus), 1090 Carmack Rd

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April 3, 2025

Ohio State Day of Giving

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April 5 - April 11, 2025

Time For Change Week 2025

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March 31, 2025

Byrd Center Researchers Trek to Great Basin National Park in Nevada on a Winter Expedition to Investigate Impact of Snowpack on Sensors

Over spring break, from March 7–14, members of the Byrd Center's Glacier Environmental Change group undertook a winter field expedition to the mountains of Nevada to gather critical data on…

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March 26, 2025

Study Highlights Decline in Water Storage in the Indus Basin

A new study published in AGU's Water Resources Research warns of a drastic decline in groundwater storage in the Indus Basin, threatening water security for millions in South Asia. The research…

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March 19, 2025

Triumphant Conclusion to the 2024-2025 ANET-POLENET Antarctic Field Season

Byrd Center's ANET-POLENET team, under the leadership of Professor Emeritus Terry Wilson (Earth Sciences) began its field season in November 2024 in West Antarctica, operating from Union…

March 15, 2025

Celebrating the 2025 Hayes Advanced Research Forum Winners

The 39th annual Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum took place on Friday, February 28, 2025, at The Ohio State University's Ohio Union. It brought together graduate students and postdoctoral…