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Map of India in green with some outline of blue and some yellow at the top, with a legend for colors included in the map showing land use and land cover classification January 2022

Improving Forest Sustainability in Pan-India

Last month, Ying Zuo, a graduate student in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University, presented a research poster at the American…

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Cleaning Up Coal Mine Drainage and Producing Rare Earth Elements in the Process

Jeff Bielicki, associate professor in civil environmental and geodetic engineering and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, co-authored a study published in…

Three rasterized heat maps of Columbus side by side in a row highlighted with red orange blue hues with the far left map having a dark red distribution in the middle while the middle map has less and the far right map had an orangish center. all maps have blue surrounding and green and brown representing vegetation and land. The title under the maps are Morning Temperatures:52.8-64.2F middle title is Afternoon Temperatures: 74.6-84.5F and far right title is Evening Temperatures: 68.2-81.1F

The City of Columbus Releases Results of its Urban Heat Mapping

This past summer, Geddy Davis, program coordinator, weather and climate services, and Karina Peggau, education and outreach program coordinator at the Byrd Polar and…

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Ohio State's Carbon Emissions Have Dropped by 30% Since 2015

Ohio State News recently reported on The Ohio State University's efforts and progress toward reducing its carbon footprint stemming from sustainability goals set in 2015. To date, the…

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Virtual Tour Debuted of Permafrost Tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska

A team at The Ohio State University's Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center led by Jason Cervenec, the center's education and outreach director, in collaboration with …

AI River Map

Deep learning models track river extents at sub-meter resolutions

Earth’s surface water, such as river flow paths and inundated floodplains, evolves spatially over time. Where and how much surface water is present is critical for evaluating droughts, floods, and…

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Aaron Wilson Appointed as Next State Climatologist of Ohio

Congratulations Aaron!  In addition to his new role as State Climatologist, he holds a joint appointment as a principal investigator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center…

Jason Cervenec standing on the left side in the middle of the screen facing the camera with his right hand holding an open box with a round medal in it wearing a while collar shirt and a black blazer with glasses smiling while next to him Allison Chartrand is to his left holding that same box with her left hand wearing a black blazer and terracotta color silk shirt, light short hair and smiling

Congratulations to Jason Cervenec and Allison Chartrand, Recipients of the 2022 Lois M. Jones Award!

During the 4th Annual Byrd Center Symposium on Climate Change Research on October 21, 2022, Aaron Wilson announced the 2022 Lois M. Jones award recipients as Jason Cervenec…

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Congratulations to Georgie Shockey, 2022 Recipient of the Gerlach Award!

Georgie Shockey, founder and co-chair of the Byrd Center Advisory Board, a director of the Ohio State University Foundation Board, Industry Advisory Board Member for the Association…