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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…
A Once-Stable Glacier in Greenland Is Now Rapidly Disappearing Due to Warming Atlantic Waters
Greenland's Steenstrup Glacier, previously stable for decades, is now retreating at an unprecedented rate, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Communications. The rapid…
Forest Growing Season Has Increased by a Month in the Eastern U.S. over the Past Century
A new study has found that the growing period of hardwood forests in eastern North America has increased by an average of one month over the past century due to rising temperatures. Researchers…
Opposite Mass Balance Variations Between Glaciers in Western Tibet and the Western Tien Shan
Recent research published in Global and Planetary Change studied the mass balance variations between glaciers situated in western Tibet and western Tien Shan during the ablation season,…
The Environmental Impact and Management of Steel Corrosion
A new study led by Ohio State alum Mariano Iannuzzi, professor of materials and corrosion science at Curtin University, and co-author Gerald Frankel, professor in the …
Detecting Extreme Climate Event Impacts Using Remote Sensing Data in Deep Machine Learning Paradigms
C.K. Shum, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University and a Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center, co-…
Ongoing and Future Projected Intensification of Wet and Dry Extremes in North America
Kyungmin (Kay) Sung, a postdoctoral scholar at Stagge Hydrology Lab at The Ohio State University is the lead author of a study titled…
Using Satellite Altimetry Data to Monitor Groundwater Depletion Through Land Subsidence in California's Central Valley
Xuechen Yang, a graduate student in The School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University, is the lead author of a study using satellite altimetry data from California's…
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite to Collect Data on Over 90% of the Water on Earth's Surface
On December 16, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched into space from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying with it the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)…