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Dr. Berry Lyons receives the 2020 SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research
Congratulations to Dr. Berry Lyons for receiving the 2020 SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research.
Dr. Lyons has worked in Antarctica since the early 1980s and served on a…
Biggest ice sheet on Earth more vulnerable to melting than thought
National Geographic published an article on July 22, 2020 discussing discoveries made using rock samples stored at the Byrd Center's Polar Rock Repository (PRR). These samples were collected…
A Scientific Record at Risk
"As climate change threatens Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets, climatologists and chemists race to bank ice core samples for the future. By Katherine Bourzak, C&EN Staff."
Dr. Lonnie…
Kira Harris Receives Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award
Congratulations to Byrd Center intern and Class of 2020 graduate Kira Harris for receiving this year's Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award!
This award is named in honor of…
Dr. Lonnie Thompson and REI’s Uncommon Path Magazine
Dr. Lonnie Thompson was recently photographed for REI's Uncommon Path magazine. In his interview, Lonnie described his time collecting over 7000 meters of ice cores for climate research, spending…
How the Arts and Humanities are Confronting Climate Change
A dancer’s performance ritual confronting the anguish and fear of a planetary emergency. A multimedia art exhibition exploring the significance of plants’ carbon sequestration during the…
Paid REU Working with Science Visualizations for Summer 2020
A remote summer REU will be offered by the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University working on the Fluid Earth Viewer web application (https://fever.byrd.osu.edu/).…
‘It Could Happen Anytime’: Scientists Warn of Alaska Tsunami Threat
The New York Times speaks with Dr. Chunli Dai, Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Center, about the risks associated with the movement of melting glaciers, such as landslides and tsunamis…
Glaciers Will Tell the Story of COVID-19 for Centuries to Come
Popular Mechanics recently spoke with Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Senior Research Scientist and Principle Investigator of the Byrd Center's Ice Core Research Group at The Ohio State University,…