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Study Cautions Influence of Inverse Altitude Effect When Using Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry

A new study published last week in Nature Communications titled Inverse Altitude Effect disputes the Theoretical Foundation of Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry sheds light on the…

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Water Imbalance Created in Tibetan Plateau as a Result of Climate Change Will Lead to Conflict

In a recent interview with Ohio State News Science Journalist Tatyana Woodall, Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Center Senior Research Scientist and Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State…

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A Conversation with Dr. Michael Durand about his NASA funded SnowEx Fieldwork in Alaska

In March, Professor Michael Durand traveled to Alaska for snow fieldwork.  He joined a group of a dozen researchers from around the country, for a scouting trip to support a much larger…

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Congratulations Tal!

 Congratulations to Tal Shutkin for successfully defending his master's thesis entitled, "Multi-Temporal Glacier-Climate Interactions in Peru’s Queshque Valley (~10S): Modeling Contemporary…

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Women Pioneers of Antarctica

Last month the Smithsonian Magazine featured an article titled "Ten Pioneering Women of Antarctica and the Places Named for Them" in honor of Women's History month. One of the pioneers…

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Dr. Aaron Wilson to lead National Institute of Food and Agriculture research project

Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center Scientist and OSU Extension Climate Specialist Aaron Wilson, in collaboration with Central State, University of Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Purdue, have…

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Glacier Ice Samples Act as Records of Climate Change’s Impact on Earth

PBS Newshour Story featuring Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Dr. Emilie Beaudon, and the ice core storage facility.

 

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Kira Harris Receives Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award

Congratulations to Byrd Center intern and Class of 2020 graduate Kira Harris for receiving this year's Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award! 

This award is named in honor of…

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Climate change lessons from Bangladesh's disappearing farms

Bangladesh, a country of 165 million in southern Asia, can teach people across the world a lot about how everything from climate to food to migration to economics is intertwined,…