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Mapping groundwater’s influence on the world’s oceans
New study shows high-res views of where groundwater flows to the oceansBy Laura Arenschield
Researchers at The Ohio State University have created high-resolution maps of points around the…

Byrd Center Hosts Ohio Climate Services Summit
On June 4 and 5, 2019, the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (Byrd Center) hosted the inaugural Ohio Climate Services Summit. This summit brought together individuals from a variety of…

Announcing The Lois M. Jones Graduate Fellowship in Earth Sciences
Commitment to supporting Earth Sciences researchLois M. Jones (1935-2000) was a geochemist from The Ohio State University who led the first all-women research expedition to Antarctica in 1969…

Xun (Jerry) Zou receives Presidential Fellowship!
Congratulations to Jerry Zou of Geography and BPCRC Polar Meteorology. She is the recipient of an OSU Presidential Fellowship! https://gradsch.osu.edu/news/spring-2019-…

Eastern Snow Conference 2019
I’m excited for the 2019 Eastern Snow Conference meeting!
You can find a draft paper written in support of the poster presentation.
The final poster is available.

The first Byrd Fellow, Marcia Bjornerud, recently published 'Timeliness'
Dr. Bjornerud was the first Byrd Fellowship recipient, and she is currently a Professor of Environmental Studies and of Geology at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.…

Byrd Center member Dr. Virginia Rich (Microbiology) recently led a team in publishing the discovery of a novel phylum living in Arctic permafrost
This new lineage - dubbed Cryosericota, ‘cryo’ for cold and ‘sericota’ for its sister phylum, Caldiserica, for which it was initially mistaken - dominated the microbiome of the old, frozen…

Congratulations to Forrest Schoessow: Next Generation Innovator of the Year
On April 24, 2019, the Office of Research and Corporate Engagement Office hosted the 2018 Research and Innovation Showcase to celebrate The Ohio State University's most innovative researchers…

Fall, 2019 | ATMOSSC 8901 Seminar: Global Warming and Climate Change
ATMOSSC 8901 Seminar: Global Warming and Climate Change
Fall, 2019 (Aug.20th– Dec. 4th)
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Prof. Zhengyu Liu
Time: TH: 3:00pm-5:48pm
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