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Four map panels of Greenland show modeled (1) number of temperate beds and temperature standard deviation at the ice base, 37 m depth, and 227 m depth; blue is lower and red is higher (K).

CryoRad from sea ice to ocean salinity, a new microwave approach could boost polar observations

Ken Jezek is the lead author, and Joel Johnson is a co-author. Corresponding authors: Giovanni Macelloni, et al.  Wideband Radiometry From P to S Band for Monitoring Polar Regions The work of…

Annotated aerial photo of an Antarctic mountain slope showing a small pond (circled in red) amid snow and exposed rock, with labels for Permian sedimentary rocks, a Jurassic dolerite sill, Lower Paleozoic granite, and Upper Cenozoic moraines.

Satellite images confirm the existence of a rare high-elevation frozen pond in the Transantarctic Mountains.

The Ohio State team has documented a small, high-elevation pond in Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains that appears to have remained frozen for decades. The team reports that the pond sits on the…

Group photo of about two dozen workshop participants standing on a stage in a conference room, with a projection screen behind them.

Collaborative Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop Held in Bangkok

The Ohio State University Indus Basin Project team includes Professor Nicholas Breyfogle (Department of History; Director, Goldberg Center), Fazlul Haq (Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center),…

Infographic showing the **Holtedahlfonna ice core (Svalbard)** and a stacked bar chart where **mineral dust contributes more to light absorption after 1875 than before 1875**. Icons below link the change to **strong winds, higher temperatures, and increased melt**.

New Ice-Core Method uses Refractory Residual to Trace Arctic Dust

The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences (SES), Assistant Professor Emilie Beaudon, co-authored a study proposing a new dust proxy in an Arctic ice core. A principal investigator at the…

sunlit iceberg with scattered sea ice under a pastel arctic sky

Beyond the Last Interglacial: 4.5 Million Years of Global Sea Level

A new study led by Oregon State University paleoclimatologist Peter U. Clark reports that global sea level fluctuated far more dramatically—and more frequently—throughout the last ice age than…

A cold landscape snow covered and an Ocean in the foreground.

Improving Climate Models: New Study Quantifies Cloud and Radiation Biases Over the Southern Ocean

A new international study has provided essential insights into how clouds interact with radiation over the Southern Ocean, a key factor in Antarctic weather and climate dynamics and global…

Lonnie Thompson meeting with Peruvian President (2019)

Byrd Center Researchers Lead Field Expedition to Study Peru’s Quelccaya Ice Cap

Researchers led by The Ohio State University's Earth Sciences Professor Lonnie Thompson, a Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology research group and a…

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The American Society for Microbiology Honors Byrd Center PI Matthew Sullivan with 2026 Environmental Research Award

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced its 2026 Awards and Prize Program honorees. Among the recipients is Matthew Sullivan, professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Civil,…

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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 npj…