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The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center joins the Antarctic research community in remembering Professor Peter Barrett, a distinguished Antarctic scientist, Ohio State geology alumnus, and…
Lonnie Thompson and colleagues recently published new research in Science Advances revealing that ice preserved within the Guliya Ice Cap in northwestern Tibet dates back more than 100…
This past week, the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center had a presence in New York City for Climate Week NYC 2026. In partnership with the Sustainability Institute, the Environmental History…
How can cartoon puzzles help young people connect with polar and geoscience research? Jason Cervenec, Karina Peggau, Haylen Scott, Joseph Helterbrand, Vigo Bertolo, John Scholl, Amadou Agne, Addie…
Wooden rock boxes that once traveled across Antarctica are finding new purposes through a collaboration between the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center’s Polar Rock Repository (PRR) and…
The call for proposals for the 2026–2027 Polar Archives Research Award is now open! The $6,000 award supports graduate students, faculty and independent scholars from around the…
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Principal Investigator and State Climatologist of Ohio Aaron Wilson recently contributed to Crain’s Cleveland Business coverage examining…
Undergraduate students working for the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, are encouraged to apply for research support from the G. McKenzie & H. Brecher Undergraduate Scholarship Fund. The…
Kara Lamantia and her colleagues recently published research in Nature using ice cores from Peru’s Nevado Huascarán to produce the first global record of historical tropical methane. The…
Austin Weber and his colleagues recently published “On the Influence of Mineral Dust on Glacial Albedo at Nevado Huascarán (Cordillera Blanca, Peru)” in Journal of Geophysical…
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A new white paper by Byrd Center paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson outlines the case for creating a National Park in Peru's Quelccaya region, home to the world's largest tropical ice cap. The…
Professor and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Principal Investigator Melisa Diaz was recently honored with the F.W. Clarke Award for her pioneering research investigating the geochemical…
Congratulations to Emily Mazan on the successful defense of her Ph.D. dissertation, "A Multiscale Examination of Changing Mountain Climates: Integrating Observations and Modeling in the Snake…
Distinguished University Professor Lonnie Thompson was recently featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Ohio State Alumni Magazine. The article, "Power of 10," highlights 10 Distinguished University…
This article written by Erin MacLellan was originally shared in the Ohio State Alumni Magazine with photos taken by Jodi Miller.
Laura Kissel ’83 shaped Ohio State’s Byrd Center archives,…
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center was recently featured in a New Yorker article exploring how climate change is transforming microbial life across the planet. In “Our Warming Planet…
Arriana Casanova, a 2026 graduate who earned her bachelor’s degree in Astronomy and Earth Sciences, was one of nine recipients of the 2025 Garry McKenzie and Henry Brecher Endowed Undergraduate…
Stanislav Kutuzov and his colleagues recently published “Geochemical characterization of millions of individual atmospheric particles entrapped in Antarctic ice across the last glacial…
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is proud to share that Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Distinguished University Professor Emerita and senior research scientist, has been named one of Columbus…
PhD student H Rainak Khan Real was recently awarded 2nd place at the OSU Hayes Research Forum for his presentation "From Microns to Meters: Using Remote Sensing to Understand the Spatial…
Glaciers in High Mountain Asia — a region encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding mountain ranges — are shrinking rapidly, endangering water resources for millions of people…
Grace Davis, a third-year microbiology student was recently selected for the Ohio State's Summer Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, which will support her project, “Microbial…
Meilin Zhu of the Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment at Lanzhou University, together with Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior…
David Bromwich, professor in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University and principal investigator with the Polar Meteorology Group at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, and…
SES Assistant Professor Alex Michaud is a recipient of the 2026 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award. The annual honor is given by Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry in the…
Laura Kissel, polar archivist for the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program at The Ohio State University, curated Polar Expressions: Finding Beauty in the Coldest Regions on…
Stanislav Kutuzov, affiliated with The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences and principal investigator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, is a co-author on a new paper…
The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences (SES) Professor and Interim Director of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Michael Durand and his team have been published in…
Marta Jarzyna, associate professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology and principal investigator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, and her colleagues have…
Ken Jezek is the lead author, and Joel Johnson is a co-author.
Corresponding authors: Giovanni Macelloni, and others.
Wideband Radiometry From P to S Band for Monitoring Polar…
The Byrd Center hosted a photo contest for members, and members responded, submitting photos climbing glaciers, drilling ice cores, storm chasing, and more. 2025 contest winners included:
The Ohio State team has documented a small, high-elevation pond in Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains that appears to have remained frozen for decades. The team reports that the pond sits on the…
The Ohio State University Indus Basin Project team includes Professor Nicholas Breyfogle (Department of History; Director, Goldberg Center), Fazlul Haq (Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center),…
The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences (SES), Assistant Professor Emilie Beaudon, co-authored a study proposing a new dust proxy in an Arctic ice core. A principal investigator at the…
Today, the team completed decommissioning of GNSS site PECE. After nearly 25 years of collecting data crucial to understanding ice sheet stability and Antarctica’s vital role in global climate…
The Ohio State University’s School of Earth Sciences is proud to announce that Dr. Melisa Diaz, SES faculty member and polar geochemistry expert, will serve as co-lead of the Cryosphere Domain for…
Study explores ecological effects of phage resistance in marine setting
Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to…
Geography and Ohio State’s new BuckAI Observatory
As many of you will know, geographers are well-represented in ASC’s new BuckAI Observatory, housed in Earth Sciences and run by Joachim…
Midwest Moxie's executive producer is Audrey Nowakowski.
Steven Quiring knew his technology solved a problem for utilities. And based on projects he’d been involved in, he knew…
The Lois M. Jones Award for Science Access, Engagement and Communication honors Lois M. Jones (1935-2000), a geochemist from The Ohio State University who led the first all-woman research…
The Rick Toracinta Endowed Graduate Scholarship honors Dr. Richard (Rick) Toracinta and is awarded biennially to an outstanding graduate student at The Ohio State University…
A Columbus man who has spent most of his life collecting ice in the tropics will be featured on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show next week. But make no mistake. Ohio State Professor Lonnie…
The Ohio State University Distinguished University Professor, Earth Sciences, Senior Research Scientist Lonnie Thompson recently returned from a three-week intensive trip to Peru, where he…