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Impacts and Sources of Black Carbon in the Arctic: Insights from a 300-Year Svalbard Ice Core Record
In a comprehensive study spanning 300 years (1700-2005) of an ice core from Svalbard in the European high Arctic, researchers examined the sources and characteristics of black…

Frozen in Time: The Eternal Silence of Mt. Tidd in Antarctica's Pirrit Hills!
This year, to commemorate the Polar Rock Repository's 20th anniversary, we selected the image of Mt. Tidd in Antarctica's Pirrit Hills for our Season's Greetings. The image was contributed…

Toracinta 2023 Competition Awardee Announced
Congratulations to Sara Johnson, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University, this year’s awardee of the Toracinta Graduate…

Congratulations to the Byrd FLL Penguins - Winners of the First in Show: Masterpiece Champion of the Game Trophy!
This past weekend, the Penguins won the top award in their regional competition held at PAST Foundation. The Penguins' coaches were also awarded the Coach/Mentor Award.
Each year,…

NASA and Google's Collaborative Venture: 'A Passage of Water' - An Interactive Dive into Global Freshwater Resources
In a pioneering partnership with Google Arts & Culture, NASA has collaborated with artist Yiyun Kang to create an extraordinary digital experience titled "A Passage of Water." This interactive…

The First Recipient of the Georganne M. Shockey Undergraduate Scholarship in Public Health Announced
Last month, Ohio State University's College of Public Health (CPH) announced Mohini Parvate as the inaugural recipient of the Georganne M. Shockey Undergraduate Scholarship. A third-year student…

AGU23: WIDE. OPEN. SCIENCE.
Annually, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting brings together over 25,000 participants from more than 100 countries, fostering a global platform for sharing research and networking. This…

The Vanishing Peruvian Andes Ice Cap: Preserving History Through Ice Cores and Satellite Imagery
The "Image of the Day for November 27, 2023", published by NASA Earth Observatory, revealed the inevitable reality of the disappearing ice cap in the Peruvian Andes.
The Quelccaya Ice…

Urgent Call for Action: NCA5 Report Highlights Escalating Climate Change Impacts and Need for Rapid Emission Reductions in the U.S.
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) report was released today and presents a stark reality of human-caused climate change's escalating impact across the United States. The report…