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Lonnie Thompson Talks Climate on the Daily Show

The Daily Show Interview with Michael Kosta

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SWOT Satellite Delivers First Global Estimates of

River Discharge:

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Study Finds

Precession Drove Opposing Monsoon Patterns Over Millennia in Asia and Australia;

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Geologists Help Reveal Hidden History of Transantarctic Mountains:

New Findings Reshape Our Understanding of Antarctica's Past

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New High-Resolution Method:

Reveals Accelerated Ice Loss at Greenland's Margins

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Map displaying the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) movement.

Ancient Pacific Sediments:

Evidence of a Shifting Tropical Rain Belt Over 30,000 Years

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Mapping Earth’s Edges:

Researchers Release Comprehensive Map of Global Shorelines and Intertidal Areas

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Celebrating 65 Years Strong

Polar Libraries Colloquy

Admiral Byrd Statue with Plaque.

Researcher holding an ice core inside a dome field lab.

Listen to The Climate Question on the BBC World Service.

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Wed, January 28 - Thu, April 16, 2026

SES Brown Bag Lunch –

12:00 pm
Mendenhall 291

Fri, February 6, 2026

Earth Sciences Seminar: Jannes Münchmeyer

1:45 pm
291 Mendenhall Lab

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Mon, February 9, 2026 - Sun, February 13, 2028

International Love Data Week 2026

9:00 am
The Research Commons and our partners

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Tue, February 10, 2026

The Big Darby Accord, 20 Years Later: Incorporating Conservation in Regional Growth

9:00 am
Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center

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January 30, 2026

Through the Lenses of Byrd Members: Photo Contest Winners

The Byrd Center hosted a photo contest for members, and members responded, submitting photos climbing glaciers, drilling ice cores, storm chasing, and more. 2025 contest winners included: Stanislav…

Annotated aerial photo of an Antarctic mountain slope showing a small pond (circled in red) amid snow and exposed rock, with labels for Permian sedimentary rocks, a Jurassic dolerite sill, Lower Paleozoic granite, and Upper Cenozoic moraines.

January 23, 2026

Satellite images confirm the existence of a rare high-elevation frozen pond in the Transantarctic Mountains.

The Ohio State team has documented a small, high-elevation pond in Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains that appears to have remained frozen for decades. The team reports that the pond sits on the…

Group photo of about two dozen workshop participants standing on a stage in a conference room, with a projection screen behind them.

January 17, 2026

Collaborative Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop Held in Bangkok

The Ohio State University Indus Basin Project team includes Professor Nicholas Breyfogle (Department of History; Director, Goldberg Center), Fazlul Haq (Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center),…

oltedahlfonna ice core (Svalbard) graphic showing mineral dust contributes more to light absorption after 1875 than before, alongside icons for strong winds, higher temperatures, and increased melt.

January 17, 2026

New Ice-Core Method uses Refractory Residual to Trace Arctic Dust

The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences (SES), Assistant Professor Emilie Beaudon, co-authored a study proposing a new dust proxy in an Arctic ice core. A principal investigator at the…