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The Quelccaya Ice Cap (QIC) in Peru, recognized as one of the world's largest tropical ice caps, has been the focus of extensive research, particularly in studying its fluctuations during the…
The Byrd Center is pleased to announce that three new Byrd-affiliated faculty members in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) will start in January 2024! A warm welcome to Emilie Beaudon, Melisa…
Byrd Center researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a deep-learning model to identify surface features associated with subsurface reservoirs of naturally occurring free hydrogen…
Researchers at The Ohio State University are advancing wildfire management by integrating remote sensing technology, specifically Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), for more effective detection and…
In a recent international collaboration, researchers at The Ohio State University's Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center analyzed ice samples from high tropical mountains to gain a unique…
A recent study highlighted by Ohio State News examined the impact of mountains on El Niño- and La Niña-induced precipitation changes in western North America. This study, backed by 150 years of…
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 carbon (BC)…
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 by…
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 Scholarship in…