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Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those…

Though not in the heart of Tornado Alley, Ohio certainly deals with its fair share of severe weather. The season typically ramps up during May and June, but severe weather so far in 2021 has been…

The warm sunshine coaxed Brood X cicadas into fully emerging in the past week in parts of Ohio. The 17-year periodical cicadas, with orange wing veins and reddish-brown eyes, are chorusing, which…

According to the FHB forecasting system (http://www.wheatscab.psu.edu/), the risk for head scab is low across the state of Ohio for wheat flowering (anthesis) today, May 24, and over the next…

Ohio's Country Ag Journal advertises the Byrd Center's FARM (Field Application Resource Monitor).  With planting under way, a couple of reminders. Keep fertilizer application records to confirm…

May 8, 2020

An Open Letter to Emergency Preparedness Planners and Public Health Practitioners in Ohio

Extreme heat is the #1 weather-related killer, particularly in urban…

On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 and working with College and University partners across the US, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy is coordinating the convening of hundreds of…

RSVP (go.osu.edu/climatesmart) for this Climate Smart event, Thursday July 18 at Der Dutchman in Plain City, Ohio. We will be discussing recent weather, trends, and building resilience to weather…

On June 4 and 5, 2019, the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (Byrd Center) hosted the inaugural Ohio Climate Services Summit. This summit brought together individuals from a variety of…