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Southern Indian Ocean Warming Drives Rising Summer Temperatures in East Antarctica’s Interior
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that summer warming deep inside East Antarctica is being driven by rapid ocean warming thousands of kilometers away in the southern Indian…

College of Arts and Sciences launches BuckAI Observatory
To capitalize on the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and The Ohio State University’s focus on becoming a national leader in the field, the College of Arts and Sciences has…

From Research to Action — Making the Case for Peru’s Quelccaya National Park
Lonnie Thompson, Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University, recently spoke with…
Byrd Center Researchers Lead Field Expedition to Study Peru’s Quelccaya Ice Cap
Researchers led by The Ohio State University's Earth Sciences Professor Lonnie Thompson, a Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology research group and a…

The American Society for Microbiology Honors Byrd Center PI Matthew Sullivan with 2026 Environmental Research Award
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced its 2026 Awards and Prize Program honorees. Among the recipients is Matthew Sullivan, professor in the Departments of Microbiology and…

SWOT Satellite Delivers First Global Estimates of River Discharge
A study led by an international team of researchers published in Geophysical Research Letters reports the first global estimates of river discharge, the volume of water flowing past a point per…

Dr. Emilie Beaudon Receives NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Emilie Beaudon, Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and Assistant Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, has been awarded an NSF-CAREER grant. Her 5-year…

The American Meteorological Society Recognizes Byrd Center Principal Investigators: Steven Quiring and Zhengyu Liu
Congratulations, Byrd Center's Principal Investigators and Professors in the Atmospheric Sciences program in the Department of Geography, at The Ohio State University,
Professor Steven…

Geologists Help Reveal Hidden History of Transantarctic Mountains
A recent study has provided a clearer understanding of a long-mysterious chapter in Antarctica’s geological history.
The research was conducted by a team of scientists from multiple…