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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

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Insights from the SWOT Mission:

Revealing Breakthroughs in Global Water Monitoring

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

Polar Libraries Colloquy

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2025 Passport to Earth Month

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April 21, 2025

Environmental Professionals Network Signature Earth Day Event: Farm to Fashion

4:45 pm
The Fawcett Center

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April 22, 2025

Earth Day

12:00 am
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April 24, 2025

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

3:00 pm
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, 240 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd.

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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…

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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…