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- The Byrd Polar Research Center of The Ohio State University is recognized
internationally as a leader in polar and alpine research. The Center's research
programs are conducted throughout the world.
Research at the Center focuses on the role of cold regions in the global
climate system, with major research themes focused on:
-climatic reconstruction of glacial and post-glacial times
-polar ice-sheets: dynamics, history and ice-atmosphere interactions
-high-latitude landform evolution, soils and hydrology
-geologic evolution of Antarctica
-history of polar exploration
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