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A Strategic Vision for NSF Investments in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research highlights need for additional study of West Antarctic Ice Sheet
On Tuesday August 11, 2015, the National Research Council (NRC) released a major study on “A Strategic Vision for NSF Investments in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research”. It recommends,…
Paper Looks at Changes in the Structure of the Western Greenland Ice Sheet Caused by Recent Atmospheric Warming
BPCRC researchers Santiago de la Peña, Ian Howat, and Ellen Mosley-Thompson recently authored a paper describing changes in the structure of the western Greenland Ice Sheet caused by atmospheric…
NOAA Chief Scientist Discusses Climate and Health at BPCRC
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and American Lung Association hosted a viewing of the live webcast for the Whitehouse Summit on Climate and Health. This Summit brought together…
2015 Byrd Postdoctoral Fellows Announced
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center announces the 2015 Byrd Postdoctoral Fellows Aubrey Hillman and Julie Miller.
Dr. Hillman earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in…
Nepal disaster relief efforts to be aided by BPCRC researchers
BPCRC Glacier Dynamics Research Group members Myoung-Jong Noh and Ian Howat are producing high resolution elevation models for use in the Nepali earthquake relief effort. These data are critical…
Scientists at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center will study past climatic and environmental conditions in the European Alps
A new project, to be conducted at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, has been funded by the Geography and Spatial Science program of the National Science Foundation to study atmospheric…
2015 Toracinta Graduate Fellowship Winner Announced
Congratulations to Melissa Wrzesien for receiving the 2015 Toracinta Graduate Fellowship in Atmospheric Science!
Dr. E. Richard (Rick) Toracinta was a talented research scientist with the…
BPCRC team finds earliest evidence of large-scale human-produced air pollution in South America
In the 16th century, during its conquest of South America, the Spanish Empire forced countless Incas to work extracting silver from the mountaintop mines of Potosí, in what is now…
BPCRC Researchers are Featured During Local Coverage of NASA and NOAA Announcement
NASA and NOAA made a joint announcement on Friday that 2014 was Earth's hottest year in recorded history. The eastern U.S. was the only largely inhabited part of the planet that experienced colder…