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A tractor drives through a green field on a farm

What a Changing Climate Means for Ohio’s Agriculture Industry (All Sides with Ann Fisher)

The Byrd Center's Aaron Wilson discusses the impact of climate change on agriculture, on All Sides with Ann Fisher.

Listen to the full interview at WOSU »

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Hundreds of U.S. cities adopted climate plans

Few have met the goals, but it's not too late.

The Byrd Center's Dr. Aaron Wilson recently spoke with USA Today about the importance of cities adopting Climate Action Plans.

A tractor drives across barren agricultural land and kicks up dust behind it

What is a drought?

Byrd Center research scientist Dr. Aaron Wilson unpacks the complexity of droughts, and what to expect for the 2021 Ohio growing season.

three Students sit around a table and make their own ice cores at the Byrd Center

Cold Curriculum for a Hot Topic

The Byrd Center's Education and Outreach Group was recently featured in EOS, Science News by the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

A silhouette of a person walking into the arctic landscape. The ground is snowy and icy

Ohio State Studies Greenland's Big Retreat

Columbus Monthly recently spoke with Byrd Center researchers about Greenland's melting glaciers and the broader implications of climate change, here in Columbus, Ohio.

A UV collar protects the borehole and water below from contamination during drilling at Mercer Subglacial Lake Antarctica. Photo by Billy Collins, via SALSA.

Lakes below glaciers could enrich oceans near Antarctica and Greenland

By Laura Arenschield
Photo by Billy Collins, via SALSA

Water beneath glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland is flowing into nearby oceans, carrying elements that might affect the way…

A Byrd Center researcher pulls an ice core for analysis.

Ohio State scientists seek funds to preserve rare ice core collection

The Columbus Dispatch recently spoke with Dr. Lonnie Thompson and Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson about the importance of the Byrd Center's on-going Ice Core Facility Renovation Project.

Orange and pink sunset over lake. The lake is surrounded by trees and grass.

Western wildfires cause hazy skies, intense Ohio sunsets

Dr. Aaron Wilson discusses the far-reaching impact of the Western U.S. wildfires with The Columbus Dispatch in the article, Western wildfires cause hazy skies, intense Ohio sunsets.…

Ice core drilling at night. the landscape is dark except for a lit up shelter

How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even pandemics

Records of human history, preserved for thousands of years

Originally published in The Conversation.

By Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Earth Sciences, The…