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Farming and the Environment on All Sides with Ann Fisher
Earlier this week, Aaron Wilson, principal investigator at the Byrd Center and assistant professor – Ag Weather and Climate Field Specialist within OSU Extension, College…

Open Faculty Position in Ice Core & Climate Science
The School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center is looking for an interdisciplinary scientist who uses ice core records to understand Earth,…

Volunteers Participate in National Heat-Mapping Campaign to Collect Data on Columbus' Urban Heat Island
Last week Byrd Center staff members Geddy Davis, program coordinator, weather and climate services, and Karina Peggau, education and outreach program coordinator, participated in the National…

Congratulations to Aaron Wilson!
Dr. Aaron Wilson will be starting a new faculty position as Assistant Professor of Agriculture Weather and Climate within OSU Extension, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental…

Sustainable Rubber
Dr. Katrina Cornish, Professor and Ohio Research Scholar, Bio-Emergent Materials, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological…

Study Cautions Influence of Inverse Altitude Effect When Using Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry
A new study published last week in Nature Communications titled Inverse Altitude Effect disputes the Theoretical Foundation of Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry sheds light on the…

Congratulations Kay!
Kyungmin Sung successfully defended her PhD dissertation earlier this month. The title of her dissertation was Modeling Multi-centennial Nonstationary Variability in Meteorological Drought and…

Dispersal and Fire Limit Arctic Shrub Expansion
Yanlan Liu, assistant professor at The Ohio State University's School of Earth Sciences (SES) and School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) and Principal…

Wildfire Forecasting Using Hemispheric Climate Modes
A new study co-authored by David Bromwich, research professor of Geography at The Ohio State University and senior research scientist at the Byrd Center was published last…