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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

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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

Celebrating 65 Years Strong

Polar Libraries Colloquy

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Upcoming Events

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July 14 - July 15, 2025

The Summer Institute for Climate Change Education

11:00 am
Virtual

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July 17, 2025

Temperature and Bacterial Community Composition Mediate Cyanotoxin Degradation

7:00 pm
Webinar

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July 18, 2025

The Urgency of Spatial Data in 2025: Building Community-Centered Infrastructures for Data Discovery and Recovery

12:00 pm
Virtual

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July 28, 2025

Filmmaker/journalist Laurie Gwen Shapiro in Conversation with Ann Fisher!

7:00 pm
Drexel Theatre, 2254 East Main Street Columbus, OH 43209

Recent News

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July 1, 2025

Ian Howat Transitioning to New Role at Ohio State

The Byrd Center extends sincere thanks to Ian Howat for his leadership and guidance of the Byrd Center since 2018 and looks forward to continuing to support him in his role as a Byrd Principal…

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June 30, 2025

POLENET Researchers Help Lead International Workshop on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment

The "2025 Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Workshop: Advancing Models and Observational Constraints" was held in Sidney, BC, Canada, June 2-6, 2025. The workshop was hosted by Natural Resources Canada…

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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…