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From Research to Action — Making the Case for Peru’s Quelccaya National Park
Lonnie Thompson, Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University, recently spoke with…
Byrd Center Researchers Lead Field Expedition to Study Peru’s Quelccaya Ice Cap
Researchers led by The Ohio State University's Earth Sciences Professor Lonnie Thompson, a Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology research group and a…
The American Society for Microbiology Honors Byrd Center PI Matthew Sullivan with 2026 Environmental Research Award
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced its 2026 Awards and Prize Program honorees. Among the recipients is Matthew Sullivan, professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Civil,…
SWOT Satellite Delivers First Global Estimates of River Discharge
A study led by an international team of researchers published in Geophysical Research Letters reports the first global estimates of river discharge, the volume of water flowing past a point per unit…
Dr. Emilie Beaudon Receives NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Emilie Beaudon, Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and Assistant Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, has been awarded an NSF-CAREER grant. Her 5-year project…
The American Meteorological Society Recognizes Byrd Center Principal Investigators: Steven Quiring and Zhengyu Liu
Congratulations, Byrd Center's Principal Investigators and Professors in the Atmospheric Sciences program in the Department of Geography, at The Ohio State University,Professor Steven Quiring has…
Geologists Help Reveal Hidden History of Transantarctic Mountains
A recent study has provided a clearer understanding of a long-mysterious chapter in Antarctica’s geological history.The research was conducted by a team of scientists from multiple institutions,…
Precession Drove Opposing Monsoon Patterns Over Millennia in Asia and Australia, Study Finds
A new international study has uncovered how subtle changes in Earth's orbit triggered opposing rainfall patterns between Asia and Australia over the past 300,000 years. The research, published in npj…
New High-Resolution Method Reveals Accelerated Ice Loss at Greenland's Margins
A new study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters introduces a powerful technique to measure ice mass loss in Greenland with unprecedented spatial detail, particularly along the ice sheet…