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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Ohio Dealing with Cleanup from Several Storms Last Weekend

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…