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Huascarán Expedition Virtual Reality Tour Now Also Offered in Spanish

Roxana Sierra-Hernández, postdoctoral scholar at the Byrd Center, was instrumental in the translation of two Spanish-language versions of the Huascarán Expedition Virtual Reality (VR) Tour.…

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Below-Average Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Predicted for Western Lake Erie

Last month National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) released its annual HAB forecast for western Lake Erie. The forecast for this summer is a smaller than average…

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Congratulations Austin!

Austin Weber successfully completed his Master of Science (MS) degree requirements. The title of Austin's thesis presentation was Amazonian Influences on the Hydrological and…

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Congratulations Gabo!

Gabriel Zeballos Castellon (“Gabo”) successfully defended his PhD dissertation last month. The title of Gabo’s dissertation was “Atlas of Bofedales in the Outer Tropical Andes: Spatial…

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Dr. Fazlul Haq Awarded Prestigious Research Grant in Pakistan

At the end of last year, Dr. Fazlul Haq joined the Byrd Center as a Byrd Post-Doctoral Scholar to study the physical and human dimensions of glacial and hydrological dynamics in the Hindukush-…

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Water Imbalance Created in Tibetan Plateau as a Result of Climate Change Will Lead to Conflict

In a recent interview with Ohio State News Science Journalist Tatyana Woodall, Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Center Senior Research Scientist and Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State…

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Congratulations to Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson!

The duo are the recipients of the BBVA Foundation's 14th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. The BBVA Foundation’s 14th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards…

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Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up

Cincinnati Magazine recently published a news article titled Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up in which Bryan Mark, State Climatologist and Professor of Geography and Byrd Center…

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Patagonia Ice Fields are Vulnerable to El Niño Events

Demián Gómez, Assistant Professor in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) and Byrd Center researcher at The Ohio State University, recently co-authored a report published in the journal…