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Glacier Ice Samples Act as Records of Climate Change’s Impact on Earth

PBS Newshour Story featuring Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Dr. Emilie Beaudon, and the ice core storage facility.

 

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Developing machine learning tools for soil moisture data

USDA-funded project will help farmers respond to changing conditions.
Dr. Yao and Dr. Thompson process an ice core.

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice

Most of the viruses were previously unknown to humans, study finds.
An indvidual wearing sold weather gear, a helmet, and research supplies hikes up a mountain in the arctic

Congratulations to Forrest Schoessow on being named a 2021 Hydroinformatics Innovation Fellow

We would like to congratulate Forrest Schoessow for being named a 2021 Hydroinformatics Innovation Fellow by The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. for his…

A UV collar protects the borehole and water below from contamination during drilling at Mercer Subglacial Lake Antarctica. Photo by Billy Collins, via SALSA.

Lakes below glaciers could enrich oceans near Antarctica and Greenland

By Laura Arenschield
Photo by Billy Collins, via SALSA

Water beneath glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland is flowing into nearby oceans, carrying elements that might affect the way…

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Shrinking glaciers have created a new normal for Greenland's ice sheet – consistent ice loss for the foreseeable future

As Greenland’s glaciers retreat, they are losing ice at a faster and faster rate. Michalea King, CC BY-ND

Michalea King, The Ohio State University

Greenland is the largest…

Jim DeGrand installs sensors around the OSU campus.

It's hot in the city: understanding the urban heat island effect on Ohio State's campus

Forty years ago, Ohio State geography Professor John Arnfield would get into his Volkswagen Microbus and set out to study the microclimates in Columbus. His wife, Joan, marked intersections in the…