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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…

Study Highlights Decline in Water Storage in the Indus Basin
A new study published in AGU's Water Resources Research warns of a drastic decline in groundwater storage in the Indus Basin, threatening water security for millions in South Asia. The research…

Celebrating the 2025 Hayes Advanced Research Forum Winners
The 39th annual Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum took place on Friday, February 28, 2025, at The Ohio State University's Ohio Union. It brought together graduate students and postdoctoral…

Recent Rise in West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting Linked to Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, led by Pranab Deb and co-authored by David Bromwich, Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center's Polar Meteorology Group,…

New Method Improves Ocean Age Estimations, Challenges Previous Assumptions About Last Glacial Maximum
An important new study published in Nature's NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science introduces a novel technique for estimating the true age of deep ocean water. Ms. Jinbo Du, a former…

Artificial Intelligence Paves the Way to Bridge Global Biodiversity Knowledge Gaps
A recent review by a group of international researchers published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity reveals the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in addressing critical…

A Novel Use of Artificial Intelligence in Filling the Data Gap for GRACE and GRACE-FO Missions Using ERA5-Land Reanalysis
A new study published in Science of Remote Sensing presents a substantial improvement in reconstructing missing data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and its successor,…

Advancing Concrete Weathering for Carbon Capture
The Ohio State University researchers are pioneering a promising climate change mitigation strategy by exploring the carbon capture potential of concrete weathering in soil. Brittany Multer…

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…