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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…
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…
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…
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…
Global Team Releases Most Comprehensive GNSS Data Set of Antarctic Bedrock Motion
An international team of scientists, including The Ohio State University's Byrd Center Principal Investigators and School of Earth Sciences Professors Terry Wilson (POLENET Group) and Demián Gómez…
Ohio State Researchers Help Advance Measurement of Nanoparticles and Microparticles Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Technology
A team of scientists, including several affiliated with The Ohio State University, has made significant progress in understanding how to more accurately measure nanoparticles and microparticles…
Byrd Center Principal Investigator Melisa Diaz Named a 2025–2027 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
The Ohio State University’s Byrd Center is proud to announce that Assistant Professor Melisa Diaz, a faculty member in the School of Earth Sciences and principal investigator of the Polar and…
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,…
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…