A SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF THE THIRD POLE ENVIRONMENT
Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Center Senior Scientist, OSU Distinguished Professor, and honorary member at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is one of the lead authors of the United Nations Environment Program's (UNEP) recent publication, providing a comprehensive assessment of environmental changes in the Third Pole.
Mountaintop Glacier Ice Disappearing in Tropics Around the World
A new study by Byrd Center Research Scientist, Dr. Lonnie Thompson, found mountaintop glacier ice in the tropics of all four hemispheres covers significantly less area than it did just 50 years ago.