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Mon, October 12 - Mon, November 30, 2026
Call for Participants: The Past, Present, and Future of the International Polar Year
12:01 am
Columbus, OH
Promotional poster for the 2026 Robinson Lecture featuring Dr. Rong Fu of UCLA on October 23, 2026, from 3:30–5:00 p.m. at 340 18th Ave. Library. The lecture explores the causes of rapid drying and warming in the Amazon rainforest.
Fri, October 23, 2026
Dr. Rong Fu: What is Driving the Rapid Drying and Warming Over the Amazon in Recent Decades?
3:30 pm
18th Ave. Library (Room 340)
WestFest 2026 Flyer - Saturday, October 24, 2026, 11:00 - 3:00 PM on West Campus Quad
Sat, October 24, 2026
WestFest 2026
11:00 am
West Campus
Researcher examining an ice core in the lab
Thu, October 29, 2026
Dr. Emilie Beaudon Talk at Otterbein University
1:30 pm
The Point, Room 140, Otterbein University

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Abstract blue-toned illustration featuring scientists conducting research on a snowy landscape, with scientific equipment, dotted pathways, and swirling patterns.
Call for Participants: The Past, Present, and Future of the International Polar Year

2032/33 will mark the fifth International Polar Year (IPY) since the first global polar research effort began in 1882. In anticipation of this milestone, the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center…

Peter Barrett in a red and yellow cold-weather jacket standing on an Antarctic ice shelf, surrounded by snow and ice formations with distant mountains in the background.
Remembering Peter Barrett, Antarctic Scientist and Ohio State Alumnus

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center joins the Antarctic research community in remembering Professor Peter Barrett, a distinguished Antarctic scientist, Ohio State geology alumnus, and…

View of the Guliya Ice Cap on the Tibetan Plateau, showing a steep wall of exposed glacial ice beside rocky terrain, with a person standing in the foreground.
Lonnie Thompson and Colleagues Confirm Ancient Ice Preserved in Guliya Ice Cap

Lonnie Thompson and colleagues recently published new research in Science Advances revealing that ice preserved within the Guliya Ice Cap in northwestern Tibet dates back more than 100…

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Buckeyes in the Big Apple: The Byrd Center and Friends at Climate Week NYC 2026

This past week, the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center had a presence in New York City for Climate Week NYC 2026. In partnership with the Sustainability Institute, the Environmental History…

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