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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…
A Promising Paleo-Environmental Messenger
Updated November 15, 2022
Emilie Beaudon, a principal investigator at the Byrd Center, is the first author of a recent study published in the journal Geosciences titled Aeolian…
Reflections and Future Strategies for Third Pole Environment
An article titled Reflections and future strategies for Third Pole Environment was published online recently by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The authors included Third Pole…
Congratulations to Georgie Shockey, 2022 Recipient of the Gerlach Award!
Georgie Shockey, founder and co-chair of the Byrd Center Advisory Board, a director of the Ohio State University Foundation Board, Industry Advisory Board Member for the Association of Healthcare…
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…
Congratulations to Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson!
The duo are the recipients of the BBVA Foundation's 14th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. The BBVA Foundation’s 14th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards ceremonies took place…
Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie Thompson are the recipients of the BBVA Foundation's Frontiers of Knowledge Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Dr. Lonnie Thompson for receiving the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change from the BBVA Foundation!
Details and BBVA press…
OSU Lantern - Polar Predicament: Byrd Freezers in need of renovation
The freezers that have been active within the Byrd Center for over 30 years are beginning to show their age and fall into disrepair.
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.