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Draft Columbus Climate Change Action Plan Available for Public Feedback
The public is invited to review and provide feedback on the Columbus Climate Change Action Plan from February 1, 2018 through March 9, 2018. Each of the chapters is downloadable as either a PDF or…
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program Announces Research Award
The Polar Archives is pleased to announce the Polar Archives Research Award. The 2018 award is $5,000, and may be used to defray travel expenses, living expenses or research costs.
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Metal pollution and glacier melt in Peru (GlacierHub)
As glaciers continue to rapidly melt in the tropics, scientists and society face new challenges like the increase in trace metal concentration and pollution in the glacier watersheds. GlacierHub…
BPCRC Award and Scholarship Ceremony
On November 1st, BPCRC honored several scholarship and award winners with a special ceremony in Room 177…
Glacier Environmental Change Featured in The New York Times
The New York Times article features the research held by our groupShowing its relevance for society, the NYT recently featured our research on glacier hydrology in Peru in a piece of the…
One small leap for drones, one giant step for mountain glaciologists
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John-Morgan Manos Wins Prestigious Awards
John-Morgan Manos is distinguished with two of the most prestigious awards for Undergraduate students.Already a glacier-rock-star, John-Morgan was awarded in early October with the Garry McKenzie…
Central Tibetan Plateau atmospheric trace metal contamination: A 500-year record from the Puruogangri ice core
Byrd Center Paleoclimatology Research Group members Emilie Beaudon, Paolo Gabrielli, Roxana Sierra-Hernández, and Lonnie Thompson recently published a record of atmospheric trace metal…
Widespread Snowmelt in West Antarctica During Unusually Warm Summer
An area of West Antarctica more than twice the size of California partially melted in 2016 when warm winds forced by an especially strong El Niño blew over the continent, a group of researchers…