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Three rasterized heat maps of Columbus side by side in a row highlighted with red orange blue hues with the far left map having a dark red distribution in the middle while the middle map has less and the far right map had an orangish center. all maps have blue surrounding and green and brown representing vegetation and land. The title under the maps are Morning Temperatures:52.8-64.2F middle title is Afternoon Temperatures: 74.6-84.5F and far right title is Evening Temperatures: 68.2-81.1F

The City of Columbus Releases Results of its Urban Heat Mapping

This past summer, Geddy Davis, program coordinator, weather and climate services, and Karina Peggau, education and outreach program coordinator at the Byrd Polar and…

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Ohio State's Carbon Emissions Have Dropped by 30% Since 2015

Ohio State News recently reported on The Ohio State University's efforts and progress toward reducing its carbon footprint stemming from sustainability goals set in 2015. To date, the…

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Connecting Youth Using Arctic Mystery-Themed Kits

A recent study, Connecting Youth Using Arctic Mystery-Themed Kits, was published online in the Journal of STEM Outreach. The lead author, Education and Outreach Program…

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Virtual Tour Debuted of Permafrost Tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska

A team at The Ohio State University's Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center led by Jason Cervenec, the center's education and outreach director, in collaboration with …

AI River Map

Deep learning models track river extents at sub-meter resolutions

Earth’s surface water, such as river flow paths and inundated floodplains, evolves spatially over time. Where and how much surface water is present is critical for evaluating droughts, floods, and…

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Radionucleotides Released from Anthropogenic Activities Threaten Humans and Wildlife on a Global Scale

Artificial radionucleotides released from anthropogenic activities emit beta (β) particles during decay, which are transported through atmospheric circulation and eventually deposited somewhere on…

Matt Saltzman, with glasses wearing a light color long sleeve collar shirt and a dark gray vest on the left seated in auditorium blue cushion seat with Bryan Mark wearing glasses , a red and black flannel and a mustard color sweater on the right both smiling and Brutus in the middle and a lady wearing a mast in the far left upper sear and a man's head behind then

Earth’s Climate: Past and Future

Two Byrd Center principal investigators have teamed up to offer a new spring course titled Earth’s Climate: Past and Future (GEOG/EARTHSC 4911). Professor Bryan Mark from the Department of…

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NSF EMERGE Biology Integration Institute Offers Summer Research Opportunities

Virginia Rich, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology at The Ohio State University and a principal investigator at the Byrd Center, is co-director of EMergent Ecosystem…

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Using Isotopic Composition of O2 in Dating a Tibetan Ice Core Record of Holocene/Late Glacial Climate

The study's lead author is Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The…