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Recent Rise in West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting Linked to Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, led by Pranab Deb and co-authored by David Bromwich, Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center's Polar Meteorology Group,…
Enhanced Weather Forecasting Initiatives Improve Predictive Capabilities Over and Around Antarctica
A recent study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, authored by an international team including lead researcher Professor David Bromwich from the Department of…

Byrd Center Alum Wes Haines to Be Honored as a 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Emerging Leader
Congratulations to Byrd Center alum Wes Haines, one of the 2024 Emerging Leader Awards recipients.
The Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences will honor an exceptional cohort…

Undergraduate Senior Blake Murray, Second Place Winner at the Denman Forum
Last week, The Ohio State University undergraduate seniors shared their research at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. This prestigious annual event, named after Richard J. and Martha D…

The Study of Blowing Snow!
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center's Polar Meteorology Group at The Ohio State University is researching the impacts of blowing snow in the Northern Great Plains using novel…

Regional Wildfire Trends and Fire Danger: The Interplay between Local Factors and Oceanic Teleconnections
In recent years, tropical region wildfires have become increasingly severe, resulting in more burned areas. Research published in Science of The Total Environment, studied the effects of …

YOPP-SH: The Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere continues to 2024
The Polar Prediction Project (PPP), a decade-long initiative by the World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), ended on December 31, 2022. The…

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…