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The recent El Niño is associated with faster ice loss in the tropics

Oct 9, 2024 | newsbeezer.com | Byrd Polar

A new study has found that natural climate phenomena like El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate. El Niño, a phenomenon that typically occurs every two to seven years, results in far above-average ocean temperatures in the Eastern Pacific and significantly influences weather around the globe.
Viral Secrets From Glacial Ice Reveal Climate Adaptations

Sep 6, 2024 | astrobiology.com | Byrd Polar |Keith Cowing

Researchers at The Ohio State University have made a significant discovery in understanding how viruses preserved in glacial ice have adapted to Earth’s climatic changes. The study, led by Byrd Center Research Associate Dr. Zhi-Ping Zhong, involved analyzing ice core samples from the Guliya Glacier, which towers over 20,000 feet on the Tibetan Plateau.
Locked in a glacier, viruses adapted to survive extreme weather

Aug 28, 2024 | copernical.com | Byrd Polar |Tatyana Woodall

Locked in a glacier, viruses adapted to survive extreme weatherby Tatyana Woodall for OSU NewsColumbus OH (SPX) Aug 27, 2024Ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable information about changes in Earth's climate, a new study suggests. For decades, the Guliya Glacier, located above 6000 metres in the far northwestern Tibetan Plateau, has been one of the richest archives available to scientists to investigate large-scale paleoclimate shifts.
Locked in a glacier, viruses adapted to survive extreme weather

Aug 26, 2024 | news.osu.edu | Byrd Polar

Ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable information about changes in Earth’s climate, a new study suggests. For decades, the Guliya Glacier, located above 20,000 feet in the far northwestern Tibetan Plateau, has been one of the richest archives available to scientists to investigate large-scale paleoclimate shifts.
Water isotope ratios reflect convection intensity rather than rain type proportions in the pantropics

Aug 14, 2024 | science.org | Byrd Polar |Michael MaY |Michael May |Linru Fang |Sumalata Sonavane

AbstractAgainst the traditional view, a recently published theory argued that isotope ratios are higher in convective precipitation but lower in stratiform precipitation and proposed that isotope ratios reflect rain type proportions. This theory has been widely cited despite some early reservations. Whether the theory represents a faithful reflection of signals of water isotope ratios remains unclear.
How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise

Aug 4, 2024 | newsgram.com | Byrd Polar

Antarctica:- The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests. Despite feeling like a stationary mass, most solid ground is undergoing a process of deformation, sinking and rising in response to many environmental factors. In Antarctica, melting glacial ice means less weight on the bedrock below, allowing it to rise.
Winter Targeted Observing Periods during the Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH)

Jul 15, 2024 | journals.ametsoc.org | Byrd Polar |David Bromwich |Irina V. Gorodetskaya |Scott Carpentier

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Adapting stormwater management to extreme weather requires innovation, professor says

Apr 6, 2024 | news.osu.edu | Byrd Polar

To prevent extreme rainfall, flooding and other severe weather from causing major damage, urban planning efforts should take a more comprehensive approach, according to a March 29 presentation by The Ohio State University’s Center for Urban Research and Analysis and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.
Jamey Stutz: Dating rocks in Antarctica

Mar 22, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Byrd Polar

Glacial geologist Jamey Stutz dates Antarctic rocks 'dropped like breadcrumbs from melting glaciers' to help determine the scale of glacial retreat. Jamey has recently joined the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center in Ohio as a research scientist in the Polar Rock Repository, having completed his Ph.D at the Antarctic Research Center at Victoria University in Wellington.
Microbial viruses act as secret drivers of climate change

Feb 29, 2024 | scienmag.com | Byrd Polar |Tatyana Woodall

COLUMBUS, Ohio - In a new study, scientists have discovered that viruses that infect microbes contribute to climate change by playing a key role in cycling methane, a potent greenhouse gas, through the environment.