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Celebrate Earth Day

with the Byrd Center

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The Goldthwait Polar Medal Award & Lecture: W. Berry Lyons

Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 3 PM
Byrd Polar and Climate Research 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

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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

Ice & Aspire, May 22, 2025, 5:30 PM

Polar Libraries Colloquy

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Upcoming Events

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May 4, 2025

Spring Commencement

12:00 pm
Ohio Stadium

May 8, 2025

NOAA Climate Change Seminar Series: Weather in Space? How Storms on the Sun Threaten our Technological Society

12:00 pm
Virtual

May 22, 2025

Ice & Aspire

5:30 pm
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd.

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June 2 - June 6, 2025

2025 Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Workshop

8:00 am
Institute of Ocean Sciences and Pacific Geoscience Centre, located near Sidney, British Columbia, Canada & Virtual

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April 23, 2025

Scientists Investigate Climate Model Discrepancies in Tropical Mountain Ice Cores

A new study published in Nature's Communications Earth & Environment highlights a discrepancy in Holocene climate models, particularly over tropical mountains.

The research, led by…

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April 18, 2025

New Award to Study Life in Glaciers

Congratulations to Byrd Center Principal Investigators, Assistant Professors Alex Michaud and Emilie Beaudon (Earth Sciences), on receiving a one-year grant from the College of Arts and Sciences…

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April 16, 2025

OSU Announces Transition to Anthony Travel as New Travel Management Partner Starting July 1

Beginning July 1, 2025, The Ohio State University will partner with Anthony Travel as its new Travel Management Company for employee business travel.

This change marks the end of the…

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April 10, 2025

New Insights into the Microbial Drivers of Methane Flux in Wetlands

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers provided critical insights into the microbial interactions driving methane emissions in freshwater wetlands, a significant natural…