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Sustainable Soil Movement Grows at United Nation's Biodiversity Summit, Conference of the Parties 15 (COP15) on Land Desertification and Drought
The Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH) is a coalition of stakeholders launched by co-leaders Leigh Winowiecki, a Soil Systems Scientist and leader of Land Health Decisions at…
Below-Average Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Predicted for Western Lake Erie
Last month National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) released its annual HAB forecast for western Lake Erie. The forecast for this summer is a smaller than average…
Water Imbalance Created in Tibetan Plateau as a Result of Climate Change Will Lead to Conflict
In a recent interview with Ohio State News Science Journalist Tatyana Woodall, Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Center Senior Research Scientist and Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State…
Congratulations to Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson!
The duo are the recipients of the BBVA Foundation's 14th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. The BBVA Foundation’s 14th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards…
How "Viral Dark Matter" May Help Mitigate Climate Change
Matthew Sullivan, Professor at The Ohio State University Department of Microbiology and Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and a Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center…
Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up
Cincinnati Magazine recently published a news article titled Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up in which Bryan Mark, State Climatologist and Professor of Geography and Byrd Center…
Patagonia Ice Fields are Vulnerable to El Niño Events
Demián Gómez, Assistant Professor in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) and Byrd Center researcher at The Ohio State University, recently co-authored a report published in the journal…
Climate Change: Rise in Sea Levels and Temperatures Lead to Dangerous Salinity
This month, YaleEnvironment360 published an article titled Salt Scourge: The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity, in which the effects of climate change are identified as the potential…
Large-scale Ocean Sanctuaries Could Protect Coral Reefs from Climate Change
One of the many adverse effects of climate change is the warming of the oceans, leading to more frequent coral bleaching events around the world. Andrea Grottoli, professor of Earth Sciences…