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Global Team Releases Most Comprehensive GNSS Data Set of Antarctic Bedrock Motion

An international team of scientists, including The Ohio State University's Byrd Center Principal Investigators and School of Earth Sciences Professors Terry Wilson (POLENET Group) and Demián Gómez…

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Glacier Collapse in Swiss Alps Highlights Dangers of Climate-Driven Instability

On May 28, 2025, a catastrophic landslide obliterated approximately 90% of the Swiss Alpine village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley. The disaster was triggered by the collapse of the Birch…

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Ohio State Researchers Help Advance Measurement of Nanoparticles and Microparticles Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Technology

A team of scientists, including several affiliated with The Ohio State University, has made significant progress in understanding how to more accurately measure nanoparticles and microparticles…

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Ice & Aspire Event Celebrated Byrd Center's 65th Anniversary and Supported Undergraduate Scholarship

To mark its 65th anniversary, the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University hosted Ice & Aspire, a special fundraising event held on May 22, 2025. The evening brought…

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Byrd Center Principal Investigator Melisa Diaz Named a 2025–2027 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

The Ohio State University’s Byrd Center is proud to announce that Assistant Professor Melisa Diaz, a faculty member in the School of Earth Sciences and principal investigator of the Polar and…

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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…

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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,…

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Congratulations to Kara Lamantia and Forrest Schoessow on Their Successful Ph.D. Defenses

We congratulate Kara Lamantia and Forrest Schoessow, who defended their Ph.D. dissertations successfully.

Kara defended her dissertation on May 7, 2025. Her research, titled "Interpreting…

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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…