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Biggest ice sheet on Earth more vulnerable to melting than thought

National Geographic published an article on July 22, 2020 discussing discoveries made using rock samples stored at the Byrd Center's Polar Rock Repository (PRR). These samples were collected…

2 researchers use Ice core drilling equipment.

A Scientific Record at Risk

"As climate change threatens Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets, climatologists and chemists race to bank ice core samples for the future. By Katherine Bourzak, C&EN Staff."

Dr. Lonnie…

Eruption of Alaska’s Augustine Volcano in 2006. Credit: Cyrus Read, USGS

Using Satellites and Supercomputers to Track Arctic Volcanoes

Chunli Dai and her work with the ArcticDEM project was recently featured in Earth & Space Science News (EOS). Read the story at EOS.org.

Dr. Dai's current research includes …

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Birds And Climate Change

Byrd Center Senior Research Associate and Principal Investigator, Dr. Aaron Wilson, discusses Birds and Climate Change on NPR's All Sides with Ann Fisher. Visit wosu.org to listen to the…

Byrd Center Ice Core Freezer

Experience what it's like in Antarctica right here in central Ohio

Doppler10 Meteorologist Drew Anderson visited the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center to "Experience what it's like in Antarctica right here in central Ohio."

View the full story at 10tv…

Groundwater leading into ocean

Mapping groundwater’s influence on the world’s oceans

New study shows high-res views of where groundwater flows to the oceans

By Laura Arenschield

Researchers at The Ohio State University have created high-resolution maps of points around the…

Byrd Center Symposium | From art to zooplankton

From art to zooplankton: The effects of climate change are far-reaching

First-ever climate change symposium held at Ohio State

By Laura Arenschield

Climate change’s effects are already widespread, accelerating soil erosion, bleaching coral reefs and prompting…