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Global Team Releases Most Comprehensive GNSS Data Set of Antarctic Bedrock Motion
An international team of scientists, including The Ohio State University's Byrd Center Principal Investigators and School of Earth Sciences Professors Terry Wilson (POLENET Group) and Demián Gómez…

Ohio State Researchers Help Advance Measurement of Nanoparticles and Microparticles Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Technology
A team of scientists, including several affiliated with The Ohio State University, has made significant progress in understanding how to more accurately measure nanoparticles and microparticles…

Byrd Center Principal Investigator Melisa Diaz Named a 2025–2027 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
The Ohio State University’s Byrd Center is proud to announce that Assistant Professor Melisa Diaz, a faculty member in the School of Earth Sciences and principal investigator of the Polar and…

New Hybrid Forecasting Approach Significantly Improves El Niño Predictions
A recent international study published in Nature Communications has unveiled a new forecasting method that significantly enhances the prediction of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events,…

Undergraduate Researchers Awarded Grants to Study Microorganisms from Unique Ice Environments
Congratulations to Rylin Lofton and Wyatt Walker, both undergraduate researchers in the Polar Geomicrobiology Group, for being awarded grants to support their research projects exploring the role…
Scientists Investigate Climate Model Discrepancies in Tropical Mountain Ice Cores
A new study published in Nature's Communications Earth & Environment highlights a discrepancy in Holocene climate models, particularly over tropical mountains.
The research, led by…

New Award to Study Life in Glaciers
Congratulations to Byrd Center Principal Investigators, Assistant Professors Alex Michaud and Emilie Beaudon (Earth Sciences), on receiving a one-year grant from the College of Arts and Sciences…

New Insights into the Microbial Drivers of Methane Flux in Wetlands
In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers provided critical insights into the microbial interactions driving methane emissions in freshwater wetlands, a significant natural…

Byrd Center Researchers Trek to Great Basin National Park in Nevada on a Winter Expedition to Investigate Impact of Snowpack on Sensors
Over spring break, from March 7–14, members of the Byrd Center's Glacier Environmental Change group undertook a winter field expedition to the mountains of Nevada to gather critical data on…