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Byrd Polar Research Center

  •  Scott Hall Room 108 1090 Carmack Road The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210-1002 United States
  •  (614) 292-6531
  •  (614) 292-4697
  •  http://bprc.osu.edu/
Mission

Research at the Center focuses on the role of cold regions in the global climate system, with major 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;
    * investigations of ocean dynamics and environmental-chemical processes;
    * and the history of polar exploration.
 

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Sectors
  • Art Research
  • Medio Ambiente