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Refrigeration is Coca-Cola's Largest Contribution to Climate Change
In a recent article published in The Conversation, titled "Coca-Cola's biggest challenge in greening its operations is its own global marketing strategy," the author, Bart Elmore,…
The Study of Blowing Snow!
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center's Polar Meteorology Group at The Ohio State University is researching the impacts of blowing snow in the Northern Great Plains using novel…
Measuring the Massive Melt
Tom Chudley, Leverhulme research fellow at Durham University in the United Kingdom and former research associate at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at…
Regional Wildfire Trends and Fire Danger: The Interplay between Local Factors and Oceanic Teleconnections
In recent years, tropical region wildfires have become increasingly severe, resulting in more burned areas. Research published in Science of The Total Environment, studied the effects of …
Ann Fisher to Retire from WOSU!
WOSU Public Media announced in March that the host of All Sides with Ann Fisher would be retiring on May 26, 2023.
Ann Fisher joined WOSU Public Media in 2009. Her daily two-hour…
The Impact on Radiative Forcing: Biomass Burning Leads to Black Carbon Deposition on Andean Glaciers
In a recent collaborative study published in Environmental Research Letters from IOP Science, a team of researchers investigated the impact of black carbon (BC) deposition on the melting of Andean…
Three Selected as 2023 Distinguished University Professors
This spring, three faculty members were honored as Distinguished University Professors. Each year, The Ohio State University awards this permanent honorific title to no more than three tenure-…
Welcome to Jamey Stutz!
We are pleased to welcome Jamey Stutz to the Byrd Center where he will be a Research Scientist in the Polar Rock Repository.
Jamey is a glacial geologist specializing in…
The Adventures of the Soaring Penguin
For World Penguin day, we are honoring a one of a kind penguin... the Soaring Penguin!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It is the Soaring…