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2015 Byrd Postdoctoral Fellows Announced
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center announces the 2015 Byrd Postdoctoral Fellows Aubrey Hillman and Julie Miller.
Dr. Hillman earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in…
Nepal disaster relief efforts to be aided by BPCRC researchers
BPCRC Glacier Dynamics Research Group members Myoung-Jong Noh and Ian Howat are producing high resolution elevation models for use in the Nepali earthquake relief effort. These data are critical…
Scientists at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center will study past climatic and environmental conditions in the European Alps
A new project, to be conducted at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, has been funded by the Geography and Spatial Science program of the National Science Foundation to study atmospheric…
2015 Toracinta Graduate Fellowship Winner Announced
Congratulations to Melissa Wrzesien for receiving the 2015 Toracinta Graduate Fellowship in Atmospheric Science!
Dr. E. Richard (Rick) Toracinta was a talented research scientist with the…
BPCRC team finds earliest evidence of large-scale human-produced air pollution in South America
In the 16th century, during its conquest of South America, the Spanish Empire forced countless Incas to work extracting silver from the mountaintop mines of Potosí, in what is now…
BPCRC Researchers are Featured During Local Coverage of NASA and NOAA Announcement
NASA and NOAA made a joint announcement on Friday that 2014 was Earth's hottest year in recorded history. The eastern U.S. was the only largely inhabited part of the planet that experienced colder…
NBC4's Ben Gelber speaks with Byrd researchers about West Antarctic Ice Sheet
NBC4's Ben Gelber spoke to BPCRC's David Bromwich and Jason Cervenec about John Mercer and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet earlier this week just as a school group was visiting the center.
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