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The Columbus Dispatch recently spoke with Dr. Lonnie Thompson and Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson about the importance of the Byrd Center's on-going Ice Core Facility Renovation Project.

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Orange and pink sunset over lake. The lake is surrounded by trees and grass.

Dr. Aaron Wilson discusses the far-reaching impact of the Western U.S. wildfires with The Columbus Dispatch in the article, Western wildfires cause hazy skies, intense Ohio sunsets.

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Ice core drilling at night. the landscape is dark except for a lit up shelter

Records of human history, preserved for thousands of years

Originally published in The Conversation.

By Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Earth Sciences, The…

Close-up of sedimentary rock showing distinct layers alongside a logo. The logo is a compass rose with a small set of mountains and two pickaxes at its center.

National Geographic published an article on July 22, 2020 discussing discoveries made using rock samples stored at the Byrd Center's Polar Rock Repository (PRR). These samples were collected from…

2 researchers use Ice core drilling equipment.

"As climate change threatens Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets, climatologists and chemists race to bank ice core samples for the future. By Katherine Bourzak, C&EN Staff."

Eruption of Alaska’s Augustine Volcano in 2006. Credit: Cyrus Read, USGS

Chunli Dai and her work with the ArcticDEM project was recently featured in Earth & Space Science News (EOS). Read the story at EOS.org.

Dr. Dai's current research includes Quantifying…

Two birds sitting on a branch.

Byrd Center Senior Research Associate and Principal Investigator, Dr. Aaron Wilson, discusses Birds and Climate Change on NPR's All Sides with Ann Fisher. Visit wosu.org to listen to the…

Byrd Center Ice Core Freezer

Doppler10 Meteorologist Drew Anderson visited the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center to "Experience what it's like in Antarctica right here in central Ohio."

View the full story at 10tv…

Groundwater leading into ocean

New study shows high-res views of where groundwater flows to the oceans

By Laura Arenschield