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Below-average Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) predicted for western Lake Erie
Last month National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) released its annual HAB forecast for western Lake Erie. The forecast for this summer is a smaller than average…

Drought Early Warning Update for the Midwest U.S.
Recent heat in Ohio, though breaking for Father's Day weekend, is expected to return next week. Unlike this week, the forecast is pretty dry (0.10 or less for most). Partners throughout the…

Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up
Cincinnati Magazine recently published a news article titled Climate Change is Just Getting Warmed up in which Bryan Mark, State Climatologist and Professor of Geography and Byrd Center…

Ohio Climate Gets Hotter and Wetter
Across the Midwest and the East, climate change in recent years has resulted in dramatic weather patterns from intense, short droughts to inundations of rain in a short period of time. Rising…

Agriculture Plays Key Role in Limiting Climate Change
Last week the U.N Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released their latest report on climate change. Brent Sohngen, professor of environmental and resource…

Ohio Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week - March 20-26, 2022
The Ohio Committee For Severe Weather Awareness along with the National Weather Service and Ohio Emergency Management Agency are promoting severe weather awareness…

Conference Will Focus on Using Manure, Protecting Environment
Manure happens. And when it does, there are ways you can use it that help crops grow and yet also protect the environment.
That’s the premise of Waste to Worth 2022, set for April 18–22…

NIFA-Climate Hubs and Extension Award
Byrd Polar Researcher and OSU Extension Climate Specialist Aaron Wilson, in collaboration with Central State, University of Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Purdue, have teamed up with the Midwest…

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice
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…