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A Byrd Center researcher pulls an ice core for analysis.
November 17, 2020

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.

Ice core drilling at night.
September 3, 2020

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 Ohio State…

Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State on 2019 Huascaran expedition (Photo credit: Todd Johnston, Article: Kristen Pope, Yale Climate Connections)
August 13, 2020

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…

Read Biggest ice sheet on Earth more vulnerable to melting than thought
July 22, 2020

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…

Ice core drilling equipment.
July 15, 2020

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."

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Dr. Lonnie Thompson’s article in REI’s Uncommon Path Magazine
July 8, 2020

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 seated with 10 other True Originals
February 4, 2020

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…

Huascaran
September 5, 2019

Nature Article on Lonnie Thompson recent Huascaran Expedition

Nature article on Lonnie Thompson recent Huascaran expedition.  04 SEPTEMBER 2019

Daring scientists extract ice from Earth's highest tropical glacier. Researchers race to retrieve ice amid…
Quelccaya Change 1977-2016
August 24, 2018

Documenting the demise of Quelccaya: The world’s largest tropical ice cap

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