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Empowering Early Career Researchers in Advanced Earth System Modeling

A novel initiative has been launched in a pioneering effort led by Senior Research Associate Stephanie (Konfal) Sherman, a group member with Byrd Center's POLENET: The Polar Earth Observing…

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Exploring Climate Change Through Ancient Ice: A Two-Part Podcast with Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie Thompson

The Voices of Excellence podcast, interviews with The Ohio State University researchers at the cutting edge of the arts and sciences, has released a fascinating two-part series featuring renowned…

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Wooden High Rises and What Determines the Sustainability of 'Mass Timber' Buildings

In a recent article in The Conversation, Professor Brent Sohngen From the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University, examines the…

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Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group Participates in Purog Kangri Glacier Expedition

In September 2024, the Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group (ICPRG) joined a scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, often referred to as Asia's "water tower," to…

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Enhanced Weather Forecasting Initiatives Improve Predictive Capabilities Over and Around Antarctica

A recent study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, authored by an international team including lead researcher Professor David Bromwich from the Department of…

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2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation

In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 2025 the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation (IYGP). This resolution also established March 21 as the annual…

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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…

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Jim DeGrand: The 2024 Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award Recipient for his Efforts in Advancing Ohio's Weather Monitoring

This year, the Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award proudly recognizes Assistant State Climatologist Jim DeGrand for his outstanding contributions to the Ohio Mesonet, a project under the…

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…