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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…

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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…