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The Undergraduate Student Government Advocates for Significant Investment in Byrd Center's Ice Core Facility Renovation
According to The Lantern, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) adopted a resolution last Wednesday, urging The Ohio State University to fund crucial renovations at the Byrd Center's Ice Core…
Orbital-Scale Climatic Shifts on the Northwest Tibetan Plateau: Insights from Ice Core Data
The recent warming trend since the mid-20th century poses a significant threat to the glaciers and ice sheets on the Tibetan Plateau. While glaciers in the Himalayas and the southern part of the…
Reconstructing the Quelccaya Ice Cap's Holocene Evolution Through Radiocarbon-Dated Plant Remains
The Quelccaya Ice Cap (QIC) in Peru, recognized as one of the world's largest tropical ice caps, has been the focus of extensive research, particularly in studying its fluctuations during the…
AGU23: WIDE. OPEN. SCIENCE.
Annually, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting brings together over 25,000 participants from more than 100 countries, fostering a global platform for sharing research and networking. This…
The Vanishing Peruvian Andes Ice Cap: Preserving History Through Ice Cores and Satellite Imagery
The "Image of the Day for November 27, 2023", published by NASA Earth Observatory, revealed the inevitable reality of the disappearing ice cap in the Peruvian Andes. The Quelccaya Ice Cap,…
Urgent Measures Are Required for Glacier Preservation
No Water, No Food- Without the glaciers, the U.S. and Chinese agriculture are at risk! In a 2023 Wilson Center webinar, The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences Distinguished…
The Impact on Radiative Forcing: Biomass Burning Leads to Black Carbon Deposition on Andean Glaciers
In a recent collaborative study published in Environmental Research Letters from IOP Science, a team of researchers investigated the impact of black carbon (BC) deposition on the melting of Andean…
What is Driving Hydrogen Isotopes in Monsoonal Precipitation Across the Bay of Bengal?
A recent study by lead author Jingyi Zhang at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published in Geophysical Research Letters, analyzed the stable hydrogen isotope records in precipitation …
Radionucleotides Released from Anthropogenic Activities Threaten Humans and Wildlife on a Global Scale
Artificial radionucleotides released from anthropogenic activities emit beta (β) particles during decay, which are transported through atmospheric circulation and eventually deposited somewhere on…