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Urbint Acquires StormImpact to Help Utilities Strengthen Resiliency Against Extreme Weather
The Ohio State University startup weather analytics company StormImpact, co-founded by Byrd Center Principal Investigator and Professor Steven Quiring (Geography), was recently acquired by…
New Hybrid Forecasting Approach Significantly Improves El Niño Predictions
A recent international study published in Nature Communications has unveiled a new forecasting method that significantly enhances the prediction of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events,…
Undergraduate Researchers Awarded Grants to Study Microorganisms from Unique Ice Environments
Congratulations to Rylin Lofton and Wyatt Walker, both undergraduate researchers in the Polar Geomicrobiology Group, for being awarded grants to support their research projects exploring the role…
Glaciological and Geophysical Perspectives on Tropical Ice from a Scientific Survey of Mt. Huascarán
A new study published by Cambridge University Press 's Journal of Glaciology presents critical findings from a 2019 expedition to Nevado Huascarán, Peru's highest mountain and home to…
Tensions Over Kashmir and a Warming Planet Have Placed the Indus Waters Treaty on Life Support
In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.”
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Congratulating to Byrd Center Principal Investigator Demián Gómez, Recipient of the 2024-2025 Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award
Assistant Professor Demián Gómez from The Ohio State University's School of Earth Sciences has been honored with the 2024-2025 Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award by the College of Arts and…
Professor Berry Lyons Receives the Goldthwait Polar Medal
Congratulations to Professor W. Berry Lyons, Distinguished University Scholar in the School of Earth Sciences and former Byrd Center…
Scientists Investigate Climate Model Discrepancies in Tropical Mountain Ice Cores
A new study published in Nature's Communications Earth & Environment highlights a discrepancy in Holocene climate models, particularly over tropical mountains.
The research, led by…
Kane Lodge Foundation and Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation receive Midwest Archives Conference Presidents’ Awards
Congratulations to the Kane Lodge Foundation and the Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation for receiving the Midwest Archives Conference Presidents’ Award! The award recognizes significant…