News

Filter

cartoon picture of penguin and walrus on stage on either side of a ball resenting it with writing on it that says Polar Libraries Colloquy
June 24, 2022

28th Biennial Polar Libraries Colloquy (PLC) Hosted at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada

Earlier this month, Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, hosted the 28th biennial Polar Libraries Colloquy (PLC).  Byrd Center staff members Laura Kissel, Jason Cervenec, and Karina Peggau…

Shallow under water scene with clear blue water and rock sea floor.
June 14, 2022

How "Viral Dark Matter" May Help Mitigate Climate Change

Matthew Sullivan, Professor at The Ohio State University Department of Microbiology and Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and a Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center is lead author…

View of downtown Cincinnati during the day with the river, Reds stadium, Great American tower, and other buildings.
June 13, 2022

Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up

Cincinnati Magazine recently published a news article titled Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up in which Bryan Mark, State Climatologist and Professor of Geography and Byrd Center Principal…

Perito Moeno Glacier with blue water and cloud covered mountain in background and plants in the foreground.
June 10, 2022

Patagonia Ice Fields are Vulnerable to El Niño Events

Demián Gómez, Assistant Professor in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) and Byrd Center researcher at The Ohio State University, recently co-authored a report published in the journal Scientific…

Field of yellow flowers under a blue sky and mountains.
June 7, 2022

The Imbalance of the Asian Water Tower

Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Center Senior Scientist, Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University, co-chair of Third Pole Environment and honorary member at the Institute of Tibetan…

Aerial image of muddy river, farm patches and the ocean at a distance
May 20, 2022

Climate change: Rise in Sea Levels and Temperatures Lead to Dangerous Salinity

This month, YaleEnvironment360 published an article titled Salt Scourge: The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity, in which the effects of climate change are identified as the potential…

Coral and fish under water
May 16, 2022

Large-scale Ocean Sanctuaries Could Protect Coral Reefs from Climate Change

One of the many adverse effects of climate change is the warming of the oceans, leading to more frequent coral bleaching events around the world. Andrea Grottoli, professor of Earth Sciences at…

Mountains, some snow covered with blue skies and white clouds
May 9, 2022

A Scientific Assessment of the Third Pole Environment

A recent report published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) provided a comprehensive assessment of environmental changes in the Third Pole.

Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Center…

Earth with colors of blue, green and yellow in space including air flow directions around
May 4, 2022

Fluid Earth: Open-source Visualization of Weather and Climate Data

Fluid Earth (FE) is a web visualization tool that allows users to view evolving weather and climate patterns and was developed by the Byrd Center. A recently published GIS Lounge article entitled…