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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…

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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…

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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 Responses to…

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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…

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Aaron Wilson Appointed as Next State Climatologist of Ohio

Congratulations Aaron! In addition to his new role as State Climatologist, he holds a joint appointment as a principal investigator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) and…

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Melting Ice Releases 15000 Year Old Viruses

There continues to be interest in research by Zhi-Ping Zhong, his colleagues, and collaborators a year after their work was published. Dr. Zhong, a microbiologist and research associate with the…

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A Promising Paleo-Environmental Messenger

Updated November 15, 2022

Emilie Beaudon, a principal investigator at the Byrd Center, is the first author of a recent study published in the journal Geosciences titled Aeolian…

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Effects of Interactive Data Visualizations on Student Engagement and Perceived Learning

A team at the Byrd Center collaborated with a group of other scientists on a study of the effects of interactive data visualization on student engagement and perceived learning in formal…