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People walking in a distance in a snow covered field under gray, cloudy skies.

In a significant environmental study led by researchers at The Ohio State University and collaborators from Texas A&M University, scientists have uncovered the historic and ongoing sources of lead…

Landscape of a forest full of trees

Rapid warming has impacted the northern ecosystem so significantly that scientists are concerned the region’s vegetation is losing the ability to recover from climate shocks, suggests a…

Landscape photo showcasing the melting of a glacier

Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found.

A phenomenon that typically occurs…

The coast at a distance with green algae in shallow water in the foreground under blue skies

An international team of scientists, including four researchers from The Ohio State University, highlighted microbes' vital role in achieving a sustainable future in a new article published in

Aerial view of glaciers, snow-covered mountains and white, puffy clouds against a black background.

The Ohio State University's Earth Sciences Professor Emeritus Ken Jezek and Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Joel Johnson from the ElectroScience Laboratory, both principal…

Vast area covered in snow and ice under blue skies with a jet engine visible in the bottom right corner.

The European Space Agency's (ESA's) CryoSat mission has provided invaluable insights on the retreat of the Thwaites Glacier ice shelf in West Antarctica, as detailed in the study "Basal channels,…

A group of eight with backpacks and walking gear walking along a rocky path with a backdrop of mountains, under blue skies and white clouds.

This article/story covers activity that took place before June 27, 2025, when Ohio Senate Bill 1 took effect.

High school students from across the country gathered in…

Aerial view of tree farms and a building along and between stretches of highway, under blue skies and white clouds.

Researchers from The Ohio State University, led by former Byrd Center member Kyungmin Sung, now a research fellow at the Korea Environment Institute, examined how droughts and rainfall extremes…

Tal Shutkin

Geography Ph.D. candidate and Byrd Center's Glacier Environmental Change Group member Tal Shutkin has been awarded the prestigious 2023-2024 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad …