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Bridging the Gaps in Global Water Monitoring: Groundbreaking SWOT Mission Insights Revealed at AGU Annual Meeting
Last month, at the prestigious American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Postdoctoral Scholar Steve Coss from the Byrd Center's Measuring the Water Cycle group unveiled groundbreaking…
2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation
In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 2025 the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation (IYGP). This resolution also established March 21 as the annual…
Greenland's Bedrock Shifts Reveal Surprising Summer Meltwater Storage
In a recent study published in Nature, an international research team including Michael Bevis and C.K. Shum—professors at The Ohio State University's School of Earth Sciences and principal…
Professor Bryan Mark Honored with 2024 Lois Jones Award for Outstanding Science Communication and Engagement
Professor Bryan Mark, a faculty member in The Ohio State University's Department of Geography, has been named the 2024 Lois M. Jones Award for Science Access, Engagement, and Communication…
Jim DeGrand: The 2024 Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award Recipient for his Efforts in Advancing Ohio's Weather Monitoring
This year, the Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award proudly recognizes Assistant State Climatologist Jim DeGrand for his outstanding contributions to the Ohio Mesonet, a project under the…
As wildfires intensify, prolonged exposure to pollution linked to premature death
Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered that wildfire smoke significantly reduces life expectancy, while also diminishing the health benefits of local greenspaces. Greenspaces,…
Accelerated Thinning and Retreat at Thwaites Glacier Due to Ice-Shelf Channel Intersections at Grounding Zones
Last month, the European Geosciences Union's (EGU's) The Cryosphere published a study investigating the interaction between ice-shelf channels and the grounding zone of Thwaites Glacier. The…
Happy Holidays 2024!
This year's holiday card embellishes an image selected from our Polar Geomicrobiology Group, taken by Alex Michaud on Whillans Subglacial Lake in 2013. The…
Shrinking Tropical Glaciers Linked to Warmer Pacific Temperatures
Tropical glaciers are losing ice more rapidly than most other regions worldwide, and the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru’s Andes Mountains, the largest tropical glacier, is no exception. For 50 years,…