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Orbital-Scale Climatic Shifts on the Northwest Tibetan Plateau: Insights from Ice Core Data

The recent warming trend since the mid-20th century poses a significant threat to the glaciers and ice sheets on the Tibetan Plateau. While glaciers in the Himalayas and the southern part of the…

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Reconstructing the Quelccaya Ice Cap's Holocene Evolution Through Radiocarbon-Dated Plant Remains

The Quelccaya Ice Cap (QIC) in Peru, recognized as one of the world's largest tropical ice caps, has been the focus of extensive research, particularly in studying its fluctuations during the…

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AGU23: WIDE. OPEN. SCIENCE.

Annually, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting brings together over 25,000 participants from more than 100 countries, fostering a global platform for sharing research and networking. This…

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The Vanishing Peruvian Andes Ice Cap: Preserving History Through Ice Cores and Satellite Imagery

The "Image of the Day for November 27, 2023", published by NASA Earth Observatory, revealed the inevitable reality of the disappearing ice cap in the Peruvian Andes.

The Quelccaya Ice…

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Urgent Measures Are Required for Glacier Preservation

No Water, No Food- Without the glaciers, the U.S. and Chinese agriculture are at risk! 

In a 2023 Wilson Center webinar, The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences…

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What is Driving Hydrogen Isotopes in Monsoonal Precipitation Across the Bay of Bengal?

A recent study by lead author Jingyi Zhang at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published in Geophysical Research Letters, analyzed the stable hydrogen isotope records in…

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Radionucleotides Released from Anthropogenic Activities Threaten Humans and Wildlife on a Global Scale

Artificial radionucleotides released from anthropogenic activities emit beta (β) particles during decay, which are transported through atmospheric circulation and eventually deposited somewhere on…

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A Promising Paleo-Environmental Messenger

Updated November 15, 2022

Emilie Beaudon, a principal investigator at the Byrd Center, is the first author of a recent study published in the journal Geosciences titled …

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Reflections and Future Strategies for Third Pole Environment

An article titled Reflections and future strategies for Third Pole Environment was published online recently by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The authors included Third Pole…