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Four map panels of Greenland show modeled (1) number of temperate beds and temperature standard deviation at the ice base, 37 m depth, and 227 m depth; blue is lower and red is higher (K).

CryoRad from sea ice to ocean salinity, a new microwave approach could boost polar observations

Ken Jezek is the lead author, and Joel Johnson is a co-author. Corresponding authors: Giovanni Macelloni, et al.  Wideband Radiometry From P to S Band for Monitoring Polar Regions The work of…

The sun peaks out from behind a basecamp tent

Through the Lenses of Byrd Members: Photo Contest Winners

The Byrd Center hosted a photo contest for members, and members responded, submitting photos climbing glaciers, drilling ice cores, storm chasing, and more. 2025 contest winners included: Stanislav…

Annotated aerial photo of an Antarctic mountain slope showing a small pond (circled in red) amid snow and exposed rock, with labels for Permian sedimentary rocks, a Jurassic dolerite sill, Lower Paleozoic granite, and Upper Cenozoic moraines.

Satellite images confirm the existence of a rare high-elevation frozen pond in the Transantarctic Mountains.

The Ohio State team has documented a small, high-elevation pond in Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains that appears to have remained frozen for decades. The team reports that the pond sits on the…

Group photo of about two dozen workshop participants standing on a stage in a conference room, with a projection screen behind them.

Collaborative Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop Held in Bangkok

The Ohio State University Indus Basin Project team includes Professor Nicholas Breyfogle (Department of History; Director, Goldberg Center), Fazlul Haq (Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center),…