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Adequate Earth: Artists and Writers in Antarctica
January 14, 2021

The Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective launches its first online exhibition

Adequate Earth: Artists and Writers in Antarctica

Online Exhibition and Virtual Events, January 28 – May 22, 2021
aawcollective.com
 
On January 28, 2021, the Antarctic Artists…

Precision U Meetings focus on reduced working days.
January 12, 2021

Precision U Meetings Focus on Reduced Working Days

Ohio farmers are increasingly challenged with fewer and fewer working days due to climate change. The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES),…

Looking down the Potomac River at Fletcher's Cove.
December 23, 2020

Tree rings show evidence of droughts, floods along the Potomac River

350 years of data aligns with historical documents, study shows


By Laura Arenschield, Ohio State News
Photo by Sara L. Cottle via Unsplash.com

Tree rings in the Potomac River…

Shoebox-sized CubeRRT satellites being deployed.
December 14, 2020

CubeRRT mission ends, its impact on Earth science continues

By Ryan Horns, Communications Specialist

For the past two and a half years, The Ohio State University’s first satellite, CubeRRT, has orbited our sphere thousands of time, while…

Icebergs near Greenland form from ice that has broken off--or calved--from glaciers on the island. A new study shows that the glaciers are losing ice rapidly enough that, even if global warming were to stop, Greenland's glaciers would continue to shrink.
December 8, 2020

Gravity Data Reveal Unexpected Antarctic Ice Variations

Assistant Professor and Byrd Center member Lei Wang's research was recently highlighted in EOS: Gravity Data Reveal Unexpected Antarctic Ice Variations.

Lei Wang will be presenting this…

AGU Fall Meeting, December 1-17, 2020
December 8, 2020

AGU Highlights | Fall 2020

A UV collar protects the borehole and water below from contamination during drilling at Mercer Subglacial Lake Antarctica. Photo by Billy Collins, via SALSA.
November 24, 2020

Lakes below glaciers could enrich oceans near Antarctica and Greenland

By Laura Arenschield
Photo by Billy Collins, via SALSA

Water beneath glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland is flowing into nearby oceans, carrying elements that might affect the way…

A Byrd Center researcher pulls an ice core for analysis.
November 17, 2020

Ohio State scientists seek funds to preserve rare ice core collection

The Columbus Dispatch recently spoke with Dr. Lonnie Thompson and Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson about the importance of the Byrd Center's on-going Ice Core Facility Renovation Project.

Barry Arm Glacier
November 13, 2020

Landslide along Alaskan fjord could trigger tsunami

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…