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Dr. Yao and Dr. Thompson process an ice core.

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice

Most of the viruses were previously unknown to humans, study finds.
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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…

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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.
A Byrd Center researcher pulls an ice core for analysis.

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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Ice core drilling at night. the landscape is dark except for a lit up shelter

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…

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

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…

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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…

2 researchers use Ice core drilling equipment.

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

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…