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CryoRad from sea ice to ocean salinity, a new microwave approach could boost polar observations
Ken Jezek is the lead author, and Joel Johnson is a co-author. Corresponding authors: Giovanni Macelloni, et al. Wideband Radiometry From P to S Band for Monitoring Polar Regions The work of…
SES a part of newly selected NASA ICAR to study Ocean Worlds
The Ohio State University’s School of Earth Sciences is proud to announce that Dr. Melisa Diaz, SES faculty member and polar geochemistry expert, will serve as co-lead of the Cryosphere Domain for…
Study finds Antarctic deep circulation slowed during early deglaciation
A recent study published in Nature Communications finds that Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) overturning circulation slowed rather than strengthened during the early phase of the last deglaciation,…
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 Ocean…
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…
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,…
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 using…
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…
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…