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Stanislav Kutuzov et al. Characterize Over Two Million Atmospheric Particles in Antarctic Ice to Reconstruct Past Dust Sources
Stanislav Kutuzov and his colleagues recently published “Geochemical characterization of millions of individual atmospheric particles entrapped in Antarctic ice across the last glacial…
Ellen Mosley-Thompson Named One of Columbus Monthly’s 2026 Inspiring Women
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is proud to share that Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Distinguished University Professor Emerita and senior research scientist, has been named one of Columbus…
Come Celebrate the Byrd Center’s 65th Anniversary at the Polar Libraries Colloquy Banquet
Please join us on Thursday, June 11, 2026, from 5:30pm-9:00pm at North Bank Park Pavilion for the 30th Polar Libraries Colloquy Banquet, an…
PhD Student H Rainak Khan Real Awarded at OSU Hayes Research Forum and Graduate Research Proposal Competition
PhD student H Rainak Khan Real was recently awarded 2nd place at the OSU Hayes Research Forum for his presentation "From Microns to Meters: Using Remote Sensing to Understand the Spatial…
Researchers Predict Melting Glaciers May Threaten Future Water Security
Glaciers in High Mountain Asia — a region encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding mountain ranges — are shrinking rapidly, endangering water resources for millions of people…
Undergraduate Grace Davis Awarded Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program Position
Grace Davis, a third-year microbiology student was recently selected for the Ohio State's Summer Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, which will support her project, “Microbial…
High temperatures over northeastern India linked to extreme glacier mass loss on the south-central Tibetan Plateau
Meilin Zhu of the Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment at Lanzhou University, together with Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior…
Enhanced winter observations improve weather forecasting over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
David Bromwich, professor in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University and principal investigator with the Polar Meteorology Group at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, and…
Professor Alex Michaud receives Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
SES Assistant Professor Alex Michaud is a recipient of the 2026 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award. The annual honor is given by Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry in the…