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Indus Waters Treaty on Life Support:

Kashmir Tensions and a Warming Planet Threaten Its Survival

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Holocene Climate Model Discrepancies in Tropical Mountain Ice Cores

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Study Reveals Alarming Trend:

Decline in Water Storage in the Indus Basin

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Recent Rise in West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting Linked to Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation

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Celebrate Earth Day

with the Byrd Center

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AI for Biodiversity:

Bridging Global Knowledge Gaps

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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

Celebrating 65 Years Strong

Polar Libraries Colloquy

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July 4, 2025

Independence Day - no classes, offices closed

12:00 am
The Ohio State University

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July 6 - July 11, 2025

Goldschmidt 2025 Conference

8:30 am
Prague, Czech Republic and Virtual

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July 10, 2025

Byrd Center - July Public Tour

2:00 pm
Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, Ohio

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July 14 - July 15, 2025

The Summer Institute for Climate Change Education

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June 23, 2025

Understanding Urban Warming in Rajshahi City Through Thermal Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis

A recent study published in Sustainability explores the patterns and causes of wintertime urban warming in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. The study was co-authored by Dr. Md Rejaur Rahman of the…

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June 12, 2025

Ice Core Study Tracks Lead Pollution Across Asia from Ancient to Modern Times

A new study published in Scientific Data analyzed lead from the third pole ice core samples from the Puruogangri ice cap in central Tibet and the Dasuopu glacier in the central Himalayas to shed…

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June 2, 2025

Global Team Releases Most Comprehensive GNSS Data Set of Antarctic Bedrock Motion

An international team of scientists, including The Ohio State University's Byrd Center Principal Investigators and School of Earth Sciences Professors Terry Wilson (POLENET Group) and Demián Gómez…

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May 30, 2025

Glacier Collapse in Swiss Alps Highlights Dangers of Climate-Driven Instability

On May 28, 2025, a catastrophic landslide obliterated approximately 90% of the Swiss Alpine village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley. The disaster was triggered by the collapse of the Birch…