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Spatiotemporal scaling of avian diversity change

Spatiotemporal scaling of avian diversity change

National Science Foundation: Environmental Biology Award Principal Investigator, Marta Jarzyna

PROJECT ABSTRACT

Marta Jarzyna

Biodiversity -- the variety of all forms of life, from…

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Congratulations to Zhiying Li, 2019 Rick Toracinta Scholarship Recipient

Congratulations to Zhiying Li, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography, 2019 Rick Toracinta Scholarship Recipient.

Zhiying’s dissertation work focuses on relative importance of drivers of…

Eroded embankment with a man walking along the river

Climate change lessons from Bangladesh's disappearing farms

Bangladesh, a country of 165 million in southern Asia, can teach people across the world a lot about how everything from climate to food to migration to economics is intertwined, said Joyce J…

First Female Expedition to Antarctica

Celebrating Lois Jones’ 50-year legacy in polar research

This story originally appeared in The Ohio State University College of Art and Sciences News on October 14, 2019. By Olivia A…

Dr. Julie Palais in the backlit snowpit at WAIS Divide. Photo: Dr. Julie Palais, National Science Foundation

Julie Palais Awarded 2019 Goldthwait Polar Medal

Julie Palais awarded the 2019 Goldthwait Polar Medal for outstanding contributions to polar science

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Julie…

"Flood" sign in water

New satellite may make flood prediction easier

By Laura Arenschield

A satellite scheduled to launch in 2021 could offer a more comprehensive look at flooding in vulnerable, under-studied parts of the world, including much of…

Three mountaineers climbing on ice

When Scientists Face an Angry Community

The scientific expedition to…

Optimization Algorithm poster

SnowEx 2019 workshop

I’m presenting a poster on Blender, our algorithm to merge multiple kinds of observations for SWE estimation. Here’s a flowchart of how it works (link).

The first version of the algorithm…

Anne Grunow cutting a birthday cake

The Polar Rock Repository Turns 15

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The Polar Rock Repository Turns 15

Dr. Berry Lyons showing two children rock samples at the Polar Rock Repository's 15th anniversary party.

The Polar Rock Repository (PRR) at…