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Researchers link El Niño to accelerated ice loss in tropics

Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found. 

A phenomenon that typically…

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Tal Shutkin Receives Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship

Geography Ph.D. candidate and Byrd Center's Glacier Environmental Change Group member Tal Shutkin has been awarded the prestigious 2023-2024 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (…

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Bridging Aviation and Environmental Science Through Drone Research

Congratulations to Adam Tjoelker

In mid-June, Adam Tjoelker presented his research at the 12th International Conference on Permafrost in Yukon, where he…

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Celebrating Byrd Center Members Receiving Recognitions

The Byrd Center proudly celebrates the achievements of several of its members who have received notable honors in their respective fields. These recognitions highlight their dedication to research…

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Congratulations to the Byrd FLL Penguins - Winners of the First in Show: Masterpiece Champion of the Game Trophy!

This past weekend, the Penguins won the top award in their regional competition held at PAST Foundation. The Penguins' coaches were also awarded the Coach/Mentor Award.

Each year,…

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It's Time to Talk About Climate Change

Climate conversations often focus on the severity of climate change, or the "it's real," "it's us," "experts agree," and "it's bad," but experts want to make sure constituents know that "others…

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2022 McKenzie-Brecher Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to all 6 of this year's Garry McKenzie & Henry Brecher Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship recipients

Abby Dietrich is a Chemical Engineering student and an Undergraduate…

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Congratulations Gabo!

Gabriel Zeballos Castellon (“Gabo”) successfully defended his PhD dissertation last month. The title of Gabo’s dissertation was “Atlas of Bofedales in the Outer Tropical Andes: Spatial…

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Dr. Fazlul Haq Awarded Prestigious Research Grant in Pakistan

At the end of last year, Dr. Fazlul Haq joined the Byrd Center as a Byrd Post-Doctoral Scholar to study the physical and human dimensions of glacial and hydrological dynamics in the Hindukush-…