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Shrinking Tropical Glaciers Linked to Warmer Pacific Temperatures
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Tropical glaciers are losing ice more rapidly than most other regions worldwide, and the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru’s Andes…
Historic and Modern Lead Pollution Traced in Tibetan Glaciers
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In a significant environmental study led by researchers at The Ohio State University and collaborators from Texas A&M…
Dust: Jumpstarting Life on Earth’s Coldest, Driest Continent
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A new traveling exhibit titled "Dust: Jumpstarting Life on Earth’s Coldest, Driest Continent" is set to unveil the…
Accelerated Thinning and Retreat at Thwaites Glacier Due to Ice-Shelf Channel Intersections at Grounding Zones
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Last month, the European Geosciences Union's (EGU's) The Cryosphere published a study investigating the interaction between…
Greenland's Bedrock Shifts Reveal Surprising Summer Meltwater Storage
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In a recent study published in Nature, an international research team including Michael Bevis and C.K. Shum—professors at The…
2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation
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In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 2025 the International Year of Glaciers'…
Bridging the Gaps in Global Water Monitoring: Groundbreaking SWOT Mission Insights Revealed at AGU Annual Meeting
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Last month, at the prestigious American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Postdoctoral Scholar Steve Coss from the Byrd…
New Department of Energy Funding for Professors Cole and Cook
Professors David Cole and Ann Cook of the School of Earth Sciences will receive $1.2 million in funding as part of a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office…
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