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WOSU All Sides with Ann Fisher, Featuring Lonnie Thompson & Ellen Mosley-Thompson
Lonnie and Ellen appeared on WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to discuss the importance of the ice archives at the OSU Byrd Center and supporting the Buckeye Ice Campaign…

Shrinking glaciers have created a new normal for Greenland's ice sheet – consistent ice loss for the foreseeable future
As Greenland’s glaciers retreat, they are losing ice at a faster and faster rate. Michalea King, CC BY-ND
Michalea King, The Ohio State University
Greenland is the largest…

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…

Dr. Lonnie Thompson and REI’s Uncommon Path Magazine
Dr. Lonnie Thompson was recently photographed for REI's Uncommon Path magazine. In his interview, Lonnie described his time collecting over 7000 meters of ice cores for climate research, spending…

Paid REU Working with Science Visualizations for Summer 2020
A remote summer REU will be offered by the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University working on the Fluid Earth Viewer web application (https://fever.byrd.osu.edu/).…

Glacial ice will likely hold records of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say
Studies show evidence of previous pandemics, disasters throughout historyThis story originally appeared in Ohio State News on May 07, 2020.
By Laura Arenschield
Ice from…

Research continues – in some ways – during COVID-19 pandemic
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Ohio State accelerates Climate Action
University releases plan to reduce 55% of carbon emissions by 2030
This story originally appeared in Ohio State News on April 15, 2020.
The Ohio State University today released a…

Lonnie Thompson one of the Columbus 'True Originals'
Lonnie G. Thompson, a paleoclimatologist, joins poet and author Hanif Abdurraqib, art and music producers Jack and Zoe Johnstone, and artists Jackie Calderone and Robert Post to be honored by the…