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Developing machine learning tools for soil moisture data
USDA-funded project will help farmers respond to changing conditions.
15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice
Most of the viruses were previously unknown to humans, study finds.
Virtual Tours Through the Ice Using Everyday Tools
The Byrd Center's Education and Outreach team is training scientists to create immersive virtual field experiences of glaciers, sea ice, and snow.
Characteristics and Predictability of Arctic Cyclones
Dr. David Bromwich, Research Scientist and Principal Investigator of the Byrd Center's Polar Meteorology Research Group, recently had his project, Characteristics and Predictability of…

Ryan Benefiel: Phosphorus Retention in Agricultural Headwater Streams
2020 McKenzie/Brecher Undergraduate Scholarship RecipientRyan Benefiel, an undergraduate student in the School of Earth Sciences (SES), is researching Phosphorus Retention in…

Reconstructing an Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation Index
Stacy Porter, a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Byrd Center's Ice Core Paleoclimatology group, recently published "Reconstructing an Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation Index from a Pacific Basin-Wide…

Mountaintop glacier ice disappearing in tropics around the world
A new study by Byrd Center Research Scientist, Dr. Lonnie Thompson, indicates icecaps are losing mass rapidly.
Understanding Climate Adaptation in the Eastern Corn Belt
An interdisciplinary team, led by Dr. Robyn Wilson, including Byrd Center members Jason Cervenec, Dr. Bryan Mark, and Dr. Aaron Wilson, seeks to understand how farmers can…

Major Surface Melting over the Ross Ice Shelf Part II: Surface Energy Balance
A new publication by lead author Jerry Zou, and co-authors from the Polar Meteorology Research Group, including David Bromwich, Alvaro Montenegro, Sheng-Hung Wang, and Lesheng Bai,…