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A Novel Use of Artificial Intelligence in Filling the Data Gap for GRACE and GRACE-FO Missions Using ERA5-Land Reanalysis

A new study published in Science of Remote Sensing presents a substantial improvement in reconstructing missing data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and its successor,…

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Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2024

A new report titled Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics and Policy, Fall 2024 published by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YCCC), explores how American voters view a…

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Greenland's Bedrock Shifts Reveal Surprising Summer Meltwater Storage

In a recent study published in Nature, an international research team including Michael Bevis and C.K. Shum—professors at The Ohio State University's School of Earth Sciences and principal…

West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier.

Accelerated Thinning and Retreat at Thwaites Glacier Due to Ice-Shelf Channel Intersections at Grounding Zones

Last month, the European Geosciences Union's (EGU's) The Cryosphere published a study investigating the interaction between ice-shelf channels and the grounding zone of Thwaites Glacier. The…

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Study Provides Detailed Analysis of North American Climate Trends, Predicting Intensifying Extremes

Researchers from The Ohio State University, led by former Byrd Center member Kyungmin Sung, now a research fellow at the Korea Environment Institute, examined how droughts and rainfall extremes…

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Viral Secrets from Glacial Ice Reveal Climate Adaptations

Researchers at The Ohio State University have made a significant discovery in understanding how viruses preserved in glacial ice have adapted to Earth's climatic changes. The study, led by Byrd…

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Bridging Aviation and Environmental Science Through Drone Research

Congratulations to Adam Tjoelker

In mid-June, Adam Tjoelker presented his research at the 12th International Conference on Permafrost in Yukon, where he…

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Climate Change and Its Impact on Iron and Phosphorus Dynamics in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems

In a recent study published in the American Chemical Society's Environmental Science & Technology journal, researchers investigated how iron can inhibit the transfer of phosphorus, a…

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Exploring Viral Roles in Microbial Dynamics and Carbon Cycling in the Sargasso Sea

A study published in Nature Communications utilized advanced sequencing technologies, combining short and long-read sequencing, to examine the population of viruses that infect and replicate only…