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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…
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,…
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…
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…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When the weather turns, farmers aren’t the only ones who need to know what’s happening on the ground.
In some of Ohio’s most rural counties — especially across the northwest…
A new study reveals that human activities have polluted some of the Earth’s most isolated areas. By analyzing ice cores from the Guliya ice cap in Tibet, researchers found clear shifts in lead…
Byrd Center Researchers Collaborate Globally on Groundbreaking Cryosphere Research
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the selection of CryoRad as one of four mission ideas for its…
Recent research published in the Journal of Glaciology is the first large-scale study of its kind focusing on the accuracy of estimating the thickness and mass loss of Antarctic ice shelves, which…
StormImpact is a pioneering startup co-founded by Steven Quiring, Byrd Center principal investigator and professor in The Ohio State University's Department of Geography, Senior Researcher Brent…
Lonnie Thompson, a distinguished university professor at The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences, has amazed the world with his audacious expeditions to Earth's loftiest peaks. With 70…
No Water, No Food- Without the glaciers, the U.S. and Chinese agriculture are at risk!
In a 2023 Wilson Center webinar, The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences…
Tom Chudley, Leverhulme research fellow at Durham University in the United Kingdom and former research associate at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University, spoke…
For World Penguin day, we are honoring a one of a kind penguin... the Soaring Penguin!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It is the Soaring Penguin Hot Air Balloon! The Soaring Penguin Hot…
Earth’s surface water, such as river flow paths and inundated floodplains, evolves spatially over time. Where and how much surface water is present is critical for evaluating droughts, floods, and…
As of July 1, The Ohio State University has revised its fringe rates. Make special note of the increase in Administration and Professional, Civil Service staff and Post Doctoral Scholars rates …
At the end of last year, Dr. Fazlul Haq joined the Byrd Center as a Byrd Post-Doctoral Scholar to study the physical and human dimensions of glacial and hydrological dynamics in the Hindukush…
Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center Scientist and OSU Extension Climate Specialist Aaron Wilson, in collaboration with Central State, University of Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Purdue, have…
Congratulations to Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Dr. Lonnie Thompson for receiving the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change from the BBVA Foundation!
Details and BBVA press…
The freezers that have been active within the Byrd Center for over 30 years are beginning to show their age and fall into disrepair.
PBS Newshour Story featuring Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Dr. Emilie Beaudon, and the ice core storage facility.
Learn how we can better communicate with others about climate change. Tune in to watch Dr. Arron Wilson on WOSU's QED with Dr. B.
Byrd Center's Director of Education and Outreach, Jason Cervenec, was featured in the January, 2021 installment of Community Connectors - a monthly series highlighting Ohio State staff members who…
A melting glacier in Alaska could trigger a tsunami on Prince William Sound. A new paper by Chunli Dai of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, and others, shows just how much of the glacier…
Lonnie and Ellen appeared on WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to discuss the importance of the ice archives at the OSU Byrd Center and supporting the Buckeye Ice…