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Spring Semester Courses Taught by BPCRC Researchers

EARTHSC 6750: Paleoclimatology

Instructor: Dr. Lonnie G. Thompson

Climate change is happening now and is expected to accelerate over the 21st century! Would you like to know more about…

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High-Resolution, Three-Dimensional Topographic Maps of Alaska

The first ever high-resolution, three-dimensional topographic maps of Alaska have been released to the public less than a year after the announcement of a White House Arctic initiative in direct…

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Polar Weather and Climate Week June 4-8

The Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center will host event

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Columbus will be the host city for one of this year’s most important gatherings of polar…

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Lonnie Thompson and Emilie Beaudon Receive NSF Rapid Grant to Study Impact of El Niño on Quelccaya Ice Cap

The chemical and physical fingerprints of past El Niño events are preserved in ice cores from Andean glaciers, particularly the Quelccaya ice cap, and offer the potential to quantify past regional…

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Polar Community Mourns the Loss of John Splettstoesser

John Splettstoesser of Waconia, Minnesota passed away Monday January 25, 2016 at his home.  John was 82. 

There will be a Memorial Service Friday February 5, 2016 at 11:00 am at…

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2016 Byrd Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Announced

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) of The Ohio State University annouced the 2016 Byrd Fellowship Program for Postdoctoral Researchers on January 5, 2016. This program was…

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Collaborative Venture Results in Look at Climate Changes and Impacts in Columbus, Ohio

A collaborative venture of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, City of Columbus, and GLISA has resulted in a two-page summary for Columbus, Ohio of climate change impacts already being…

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David Bromwich Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

David H. Bromwich, professor of geography and scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS…

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Quest for the Oldest Ice on the Third Pole Underway

The Tibetan Plateau or Third Pole (TP) covers over 5 million km2 and contains ~46,000 glaciers. These glaciers constitute one of Earth’s largest stores of fresh water which feeds Asia’s largest…