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Cryogenic Resurrections: The Perils and Wonders of Ancient Organisms Emerging from Melting Ice
In a recent scientific discovery, researchers successfully revived a microscopic roundworm encased in 46,000-year-old Siberian permafrost. Remarkably, the roundworm was so well-…
Urgent Measures Are Required for Glacier Preservation
No Water, No Food- Without the glaciers, the U.S. and Chinese agriculture are at risk!
In a 2023 Wilson Center webinar, The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences…
The Impact on Radiative Forcing: Biomass Burning Leads to Black Carbon Deposition on Andean Glaciers
In a recent collaborative study published in Environmental Research Letters from IOP Science, a team of researchers investigated the impact of black carbon (BC) deposition on the melting of Andean…
What is Driving Hydrogen Isotopes in Monsoonal Precipitation Across the Bay of Bengal?
A recent study by lead author Jingyi Zhang at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published in Geophysical Research Letters, analyzed the stable hydrogen isotope records in…
Opposite Mass Balance Variations Between Glaciers in Western Tibet and the Western Tien Shan
Recent research published in Global and Planetary Change studied the mass balance variations between glaciers situated in western Tibet and western Tien Shan during the ablation season,…
Radionucleotides Released from Anthropogenic Activities Threaten Humans and Wildlife on a Global Scale
Artificial radionucleotides released from anthropogenic activities emit beta (β) particles during decay, which are transported through atmospheric circulation and eventually deposited somewhere on…
Using Isotopic Composition of O2 in Dating a Tibetan Ice Core Record of Holocene/Late Glacial Climate
The study's lead author is Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The…
Melting Ice Releases 15000 Year Old Viruses
There continues to be interest in research by Zhi-Ping Zhong, his colleagues, and collaborators a year after their work was published. Dr. Zhong, a microbiologist and research associate with…
A Promising Paleo-Environmental Messenger
Updated November 15, 2022
Emilie Beaudon, a principal investigator at the Byrd Center, is the first author of a recent study published in the journal Geosciences titled …