OSU Byrd Polar

Did you know the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at the Ohio State University is home to the United States Polar Rock Repository, a massive collection of rock samples from Antarctica, Australia, South America and Africa? Teachers can borrow a rock box with samples, fossils, magnifiers and all the supplies needed to examine the samples. The Byrd Center also has an online video gallery and downloadable activities and lessons about climate and the polar region. Find out more at https://byrd.osu.edu/about

Learn more about the rare ice core samples and the challenges faced by the Byrd Polar Center in preserving this important collection.

Ohio State scientists seek funds to preserve rare ice core collection

Ice core samples secured from remote tropical glaciers

Check out this story on dispatch.com: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2020/11/13/ohio-state-scientists-seek-funds-preserve-rare-ice-core-archive-climate-change/6247005002/