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Lead Pollution Across Asia:

Ice Core Study Tracks Contamination from Ancient to Modern Times

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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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Improving El Niño Predictions:

A New Hybrid Forecasting Approach

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Tropical Ice on Mt. Huascarán:

Glaciological and Geophysical Perspectives from a Scientific Survey

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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

Celebrating 65 Years Strong

Polar Libraries Colloquy

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Tea & Talk with Carol Smith: Executive Director of The Frederick A. Cook Society. Dr. Frederick Cook: Challenging the Narrative.

August 14, 2025

Tea & Talk with Carol Smith

10:00 am
Porch at Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center: 108 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd

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August 18 - August 23, 2025

XIV International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences

12:00 am
Punta Arenas, Chile

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August 28, 2025

SES Brown Bag Lunch – Dr. Mike Durand

12:00 pm
ML 291

Ice Cream Social

September 15, 2025

Ice Cream Social

4:00 pm
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center: Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd, West Campus Room 177

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August 1, 2025

Getting Schooled in Complex Earth System Modeling

Training schools focused on modeling solid Earth responses to ice mass changes offer lessons on how early-career scientists can build professional networks and learn skills to solve complex problems…

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July 31, 2025

Discover Magazine Spotlights How Rock Collection from the Polar Rock Repository is Rewriting Antarctica's Geological History

A recent article in Discover Magazine explores how a vast collection of Antarctic rock samples housed at The Ohio State University is helping scientists revise key chapters in the geological…

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July 30, 2025

What is 'corn sweat' and how does it exacerbate heat waves?

Principal Investigator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and State Climatologist of Ohio, Aaron Wilson, shared with ABC News how mid-summer marks the peak of corn’s maturity,…

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July 29, 2025

Extreme Weather and Forecasting Radio Talk

On July 22, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Principal Investigator Dr. Man-Yau ("Joseph") Chan, Assistant Professor of Geography at The Ohio State University, and Associate Professor Dr.…