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A Win-Win: Generating Profit from Food Waste While Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Valuating the conversion of food processing waste into potential end products to determine its best use!
Researchers have determined the value of food processing waste products that are…

Opposite Mass Balance Variations Between Glaciers in Western Tibet and the Western Tien Shan
Recent research published in Global and Planetary Change studied the mass balance variations between glaciers situated in western Tibet and western Tien Shan during the ablation season,…

The Environmental Impact and Management of Steel Corrosion
A new study led by Ohio State alum Mariano Iannuzzi, professor of materials and corrosion science at Curtin University, and co-author Gerald Frankel, professor in the …

Detecting Extreme Climate Event Impacts Using Remote Sensing Data in Deep Machine Learning Paradigms
C.K. Shum, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University and a Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center, co-…

Ongoing and Future Projected Intensification of Wet and Dry Extremes in North America
Kyungmin (Kay) Sung, a postdoctoral scholar at Stagge Hydrology Lab at The Ohio State University is the lead author of a study titled…

Using Satellite Altimetry Data to Monitor Groundwater Depletion Through Land Subsidence in California's Central Valley
Xuechen Yang, a graduate student in The School of Earth Sciences (SES) at The Ohio State University, is the lead author of a study using satellite altimetry data from California's…

Welcome to Jennifer Kashani Motlagh!
This month, Jennifer Kashani Motlagh joined the Byrd Center team as our Webmaster and Communication Specialist. She shares this position with The Ohio State University's Global Water Institute (…

2022 McKenzie-Brecher Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to all 6 of this year's Garry McKenzie & Henry Brecher Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship recipientsAbby Dietrich is a Chemical Engineering student and an Undergraduate…

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite to Collect Data on Over 90% of the Water on Earth's Surface
On December 16, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched into space from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying with it the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)…