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YOPP: Year of Polar Prediction

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The Permafrost Tunnel Tour- A virtual exploration of an Arctic research facility

Earth Day Film Festival, April 18-19

As we approach Earth Day, The Ohio State University's Environmental History Initiative is sponsoring the screening of three documentaries next week to engage the university community and bring awareness to the global challenges we all face due to the effects of climate.

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A person sitting on grass in the woods surrounded by shrubs with large text saying King Coal

Flyer with image of mountain and fires in a distance around it and embers flying around under blue skies. text says elemental reimagine wildfire with credits

Poster of a man standing in a distance looking in front of him at a very tall wall of ice under blue skies with snow covered mountains further in a distance and snow, rock and dirt on the ground. in the sky is an outline representing a map. Text at the tops in white says "The closest living thing to Indiana Jones." - Daniel Schrag, Harvard Geochemist Nature . Large text in yellow says Canary, and under it says in black: The fight for our future begins at 18,000 feet.

Light blue background with rays like light and a single white dot on the page

In Honor of Earth Day: The Pale Blue Dot

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image of Hawaiian water front city and palm trees at dusk with text AAG 2024 Honolulu April 16-20

April 16 - April 20, 2024

2024 AAG Annual Meeting

In-person and some virtual

A person sitting on grass in the woods surrounded by shrubs with large text saying King Coal

April 18, 2024

"King Coal" Film Screening, part of the Environmental History Initiative Earth Day Film Festival

University Hall, Room 0014

Flyer with image of mountain and fires in a distance around it and embers flying around under blue skies. text says elemental reimagine wildfire with credits

April 19, 2024

"Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire" Film Screening, part of the EHI Earth Day Film Festival

Lazenby Hall, Room 0021

Poster of a man standing in a distance looking in front of him at a very tall wall of ice under blue skies with snow covered mountains further in a distance and snow, rock and dirt on the ground. in the sky is an outline representing a map. Text at the tops in white says "The closest living thing to Indiana Jones." - Daniel Schrag, Harvard Geochemist Nature . Large text in yellow says Canary, and under it says in black: The fight for our future begins at 18,000 feet.

April 19, 2024

"Canary" Film Screening, part of the EHI Earth Day Film Festival

University Hall, Room 0014

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Jason Cervenec

April 15, 2024

Congratulations to Jason Cervenec, Recipient of the 2024 Community Engaged Practitioner Award

Every year, The Ohio State University's Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, staff, students and community partners for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and…

Snow covered mountain range.

March 22, 2024

Deciphering the Historical Dynamics of Organic Carbon Aerosols in Southeastern Europe Through Mount Elbrus Ice Core Analysis

Recently published research conducted on an ice core from Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus region aimed to reconstruct the history of organic carbon (OC) aerosol over southeastern Europe by analyzing…

Wes Haines

March 18, 2024

Byrd Center Alum Wes Haines to Be Honored as a 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Emerging Leader

Congratulations to Byrd Center alum Wes Haines, one of the 2024 Emerging Leader Awards recipients.

The Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences will honor an exceptional cohort…

Vast field of snow under blue skies with white clouds.

March 15, 2024

Antarctic Frontier Project 'Tantalizingly Close' to Vital Climate Secrets

An international team has successfully hot-water drilled through 580 meters of Antarctic ice, collected numerous sediment cores from beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, and gathered crucial…