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Karina Peggau

Congratulations Karina!

This summer, the Byrd Center's Education and Outreach Program Coordinator, Karina Peggau, graduated with her Master of City and Regional Planning degree. Her coursework primarily focused on…

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Cryogenic Resurrections: The Perils and Wonders of Ancient Organisms Emerging from Melting Ice

 

In a recent scientific discovery, researchers successfully revived a microscopic roundworm encased in 46,000-year-old Siberian permafrost. Remarkably, the roundworm was so well-…

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What Caused the Accelerated Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation?

Earlier this year, scientists released research findings that suggested an accelerated weakening of Atlantic overturning circulation was likely associated with an optimal salinity fingerprint.…

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Urgent Measures Are Required for Glacier Preservation

No Water, No Food- Without the glaciers, the U.S. and Chinese agriculture are at risk! 

In a 2023 Wilson Center webinar, The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences…

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Congratulations Allison!

 

Allison Chartrand successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation earlier this month. The title of her dissertation was The Evolution and Impact of Kilometer-scale Melt…

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Rebuilding Coral Population in Florida

After decades of decline due to marine disease, climate change and a number of other environmental stressors, the critically endangered elkhorn coral has found the ideal location to rebuild its…

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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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Refrigeration is Coca-Cola's Largest Contribution to Climate Change

In a recent article published in The Conversation, titled "Coca-Cola's biggest challenge in greening its operations is its own global marketing strategy," the author, Bart Elmore,…

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Ann Fisher to Retire from WOSU!

WOSU Public Media announced in March that the host of All Sides with Ann Fisher would be retiring on May 26, 2023.

Ann Fisher joined WOSU Public Media in 2009. Her daily two-hour…