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Reconstructing an Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation Index
Stacy Porter, a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology group, recently published "Reconstructing an Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation Index from a Pacific Basin-Wide…
Mountaintop glacier ice disappearing in tropics around the world
A new study by Byrd Center Research Scientist, Dr. Lonnie Thompson, indicates icecaps are losing mass rapidly.
Ohio State scientists seek funds to preserve rare ice core collection
The Columbus Dispatch recently spoke with Dr. Lonnie Thompson and Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson about the importance of the Byrd Center's on-going Ice Core Facility Renovation Project.
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How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even pandemics
Records of human history, preserved for thousands of years
Originally published in The Conversation.
By Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Earth Sciences, The…
Scientists seek to collect ice core samples before glaciers and ice sheets melt
Dr. Lonnie Thompson and Dr. Richard Alley discuss the urgency and challenges associated with saving perfectly preserved atmospheric records contained within ice cores with Kristen Pope in the…
Biggest ice sheet on Earth more vulnerable to melting than thought
National Geographic published an article on July 22, 2020 discussing discoveries made using rock samples stored at the Byrd Center's Polar Rock Repository (PRR). These samples were collected from…
A Scientific Record at Risk
"As climate change threatens Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets, climatologists and chemists race to bank ice core samples for the future. By Katherine Bourzak, C&EN Staff."
Dr. Lonnie Thompson and REI’s Uncommon Path Magazine
Dr. Lonnie Thompson was recently photographed for REI's Uncommon Path magazine. In his interview, Lonnie described his time collecting over 7000 meters of ice cores for climate research, spending…
Lonnie Thompson one of the Columbus 'True Originals'
Lonnie G. Thompson, a paleoclimatologist, joins poet and author Hanif Abdurraqib, art and music producers Jack and Zoe Johnstone, and artists Jackie Calderone and Robert Post to be honored by the…