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Researchers link El Niño to accelerated ice loss in tropics

Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found. 

A phenomenon that typically…

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Global Scientists and Ohio State Researchers Stress the Importance of Microorganisms in Planet Health and Sustainability

An international team of scientists, including four researchers from The Ohio State University, highlighted microbes' vital role in achieving a sustainable future in a new article published in…

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Integrated Microwave Sensing Unveils Subglacial Water Dynamics Beneath Antarctica's Priestley Glacier

The Ohio State University's Earth Sciences Professor Emeritus Ken Jezek and Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Joel Johnson from the ElectroScience Laboratory, both principal…

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The Role of the European Space Agency's CryoSat in Decoding Thwaites Glacier's Retreat

The European Space Agency's (ESA's) CryoSat mission has provided invaluable insights on the retreat of the Thwaites Glacier ice shelf in West Antarctica, as detailed in the study "Basal channels,…

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Empowering Youth Through Science and Adventure: CIRES' Girls* on Rock Program

High school students from across the country gathered in Colorado’s mountains this summer as part of CIRES’ Girls* on Rock expedition. The 12-day wilderness science education program offers youth…

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Study Provides Detailed Analysis of North American Climate Trends, Predicting Intensifying Extremes

Researchers from The Ohio State University, led by former Byrd Center member Kyungmin Sung, now a research fellow at the Korea Environment Institute, examined how droughts and rainfall extremes…

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Tal Shutkin Receives Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship

Geography Ph.D. candidate and Byrd Center's Glacier Environmental Change Group member Tal Shutkin has been awarded the prestigious 2023-2024 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (…

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Viral Secrets from Glacial Ice Reveal Climate Adaptations

Researchers at The Ohio State University have made a significant discovery in understanding how viruses preserved in glacial ice have adapted to Earth's climatic changes. The study, led by Byrd…

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Bridging Aviation and Environmental Science Through Drone Research

Congratulations to Adam Tjoelker

In mid-June, Adam Tjoelker presented his research at the 12th International Conference on Permafrost in Yukon, where he…