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The Imbalance of the Asian Water Tower

Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Center Senior Scientist, Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University, co-chair of Third Pole Environment and honorary member at the Institute of…

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Climate Change: Rise in Sea Levels and Temperatures Lead to Dangerous Salinity

This month, YaleEnvironment360 published an article titled Salt Scourge: The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity, in which the effects of climate change are identified as the potential…

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Large-scale Ocean Sanctuaries Could Protect Coral Reefs from Climate Change

One of the many adverse effects of climate change is the warming of the oceans, leading to more frequent coral bleaching events around the world. Andrea Grottoli, professor of Earth Sciences…

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Congratulations Emilio!

Emilio Mateo successfully defended his PhD dissertation. The title of Emilio’s dissertation was, “Hydrological shifts and the role of debris-covered glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru.” His…

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A Scientific Assessment of the Third Pole Environment

A recent report published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) provided a comprehensive assessment of environmental changes in the Third Pole.

Lonnie Thompson, Byrd…

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Fluid Earth: Open-source Visualization of Weather and Climate Data

Fluid Earth (FE) is a web visualization tool that allows users to view evolving weather and climate patterns and was developed by the Byrd Center. A recently published GIS Lounge article entitled…

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Columbus Selected to Participate in NOAA's National Heat-Mapping Campaign

Columbus was selected as one of the participants in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s heat-mapping campaign in an effort to study the heat island effect of urban communities…

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Byrd Water Cycle Research Group Receives Two NASA Grants!

Congratulations to Michael Durand and his team, recent recipients of two grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)!

One of the two grants is …

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And Water for All Documentary

Ramiro Berardo, Associate Professor at The Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences School of Environment and Natural Resources wrote and…