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ABC News Live Prime recently aired reporter Melissa Adan's interview with University Distinguished Professor Lonnie Thompson and filmmaker Alex Rivest to discuss the new documentary, "Canary."…

Sarah Fortner

Dr. Sarah Fortner has been honored with the 2023 Lois M. Jones Award for her outstanding contributions to Science Access, Engagement, and Communications. The Lois Jones award is bestowed upon a…

Huascaran Team Climbing on a snowy landscape

A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres is the first to examine the oxygen stable isotope (δ18O) records of a collection of four ice cores drilled in…

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Precise dating of glacial deposits from Byrd Glacier's Lonewolf Nunataks shows that one of the world's largest glaciers thinned rapidly around 8,000 years ago as the Ross Ice Shelf formed, based…

Lonnie Thompson in the mountains

A recent episode of All Sides, aired on Sept. 6, 2023, and hosted by WOSU Chief Content Director of Radio Mike Thompson, featured The Ohio State University Byrd Center's Senior Research Scientists…

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We are delighted to introduce Annalise Khandelwal as the Water and Climate Collective's Student Engagement Coordinator.

The Water and Climate Collective is a student-led collaboration…

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The Ohio State University's Office of Academic Affairs has named Melisa Diaz, assistant professor (starting January 2024) at the School of Earth Sciences (SES) and a principal investigator at the…

Over 50,000 rock samples are housed on floor-to-ceiling shelves within the PRR.

The Polar Rock Repository (PRR) at The Ohio State University celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023. An article in Columbus Monthly's September 2023 issue highlights the repository's history and…

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The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University has achieved an unprecedented milestone, securing over $15 million in new research grants during fiscal years 2022 and 2023,…