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Precession Drove Opposing Monsoon Patterns Over Millennia in Asia and Australia, Study Finds
A new international study has uncovered how subtle changes in Earth's orbit triggered opposing rainfall patterns between Asia and Australia over the past 300,000 years. The research, published in…
New High-Resolution Method Reveals Accelerated Ice Loss at Greenland's Margins
A new study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters introduces a powerful technique to measure ice mass loss in Greenland with unprecedented spatial detail, particularly along the ice…
What is 'corn sweat' and how does it exacerbate heat waves?
Principal Investigator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and State Climatologist of Ohio, Aaron Wilson, shared with ABC News how mid-summer marks the peak of corn’s maturity,…
Understanding Urban Warming in Rajshahi City Through Thermal Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis
A recent study published in Sustainability explores the patterns and causes of wintertime urban warming in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. The study was co-authored by Dr. Md Rejaur Rahman of the…
Glacier Collapse in Swiss Alps Highlights Dangers of Climate-Driven Instability
On May 28, 2025, a catastrophic landslide obliterated approximately 90% of the Swiss Alpine village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley. The disaster was triggered by the collapse of the Birch…
Urbint Acquires StormImpact to Help Utilities Strengthen Resiliency Against Extreme Weather
The Ohio State University startup weather analytics company StormImpact, co-founded by Byrd Center Principal Investigator and Professor Steven Quiring (Geography), was recently acquired by…
New Hybrid Forecasting Approach Significantly Improves El Niño Predictions
A recent international study published in Nature Communications has unveiled a new forecasting method that significantly enhances the prediction of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events,…
Congratulations to Kara Lamantia and Forrest Schoessow on Their Successful Ph.D. Defenses
We congratulate Kara Lamantia and Forrest Schoessow, who defended their Ph.D. dissertations successfully.
Kara defended her dissertation on May 7, 2025. Her research, titled "Interpreting…
Undergraduate Researchers Awarded Grants to Study Microorganisms from Unique Ice Environments
Congratulations to Rylin Lofton and Wyatt Walker, both undergraduate researchers in the Polar Geomicrobiology Group, for being awarded grants to support their research projects exploring the role…