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Congratulations Devin!

Devin Smith successfully defended her PhD dissertation earlier this month. The title of her dissertation was The biogeochemistry of Irish rivers in a changing world, Her committee members…

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Farming and the Environment on All Sides with Ann Fisher

Earlier this week, Aaron Wilson, principal investigator at the Byrd Center and assistant professor – Ag Weather and Climate Field Specialist within OSU Extension, College…

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Volunteers Participate in National Heat-Mapping Campaign to Collect Data on Columbus' Urban Heat Island

Last week Byrd Center staff members Geddy Davis, program coordinator, weather and climate services, and Karina Peggau, education and outreach program coordinator, participated in the National…

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Congratulations to Aaron Wilson!

Dr. Aaron Wilson will be starting a new faculty position as Assistant Professor of Agriculture Weather and Climate within OSU Extension, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental…

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Dr. Katrina Cornish, Professor and Ohio Research Scholar, Bio-Emergent Materials, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological…

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Study Cautions Influence of Inverse Altitude Effect When Using Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry

A new study published last week in Nature Communications titled Inverse Altitude Effect disputes the Theoretical Foundation of Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry sheds light on the…

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Congratulations Kay!

Kyungmin Sung successfully defended her PhD dissertation earlier this month. The title of her dissertation was Modeling Multi-centennial Nonstationary Variability in Meteorological Drought and…

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Wildfire Forecasting Using Hemispheric Climate Modes

A new study co-authored by David Bromwich, research professor of Geography at The Ohio State University and senior research scientist at the Byrd Center was published last…

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Sustainable Soil Movement Grows at United Nation's Biodiversity Summit, Conference of the Parties 15 (COP15) on Land Desertification and Drought

The Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH) is a coalition of stakeholders launched by co-leaders Leigh Winowiecki, a Soil Systems Scientist and leader of Land Health Decisions at…