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   <image:caption>Ariel view of a Lake Erie algae bloom</image:caption>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>HackOHI/O logo. A red silhouette of the state of Ohio with the text &quot; OHI/O&quot;</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Ian Haynes headshot</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Green Energy Ohio logo. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Rocky mountain landscape with a glacier in the background </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>solve climate by 2030 logo</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>climate hope flyer. two hands holding a bouquet of pink flowers and the Ohio State University logo in the corner</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>arctic council logo</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Wilkins Headshot</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Watershed Professionals Association Logo. Purple outline of the state of Ohio with silhouettes of people, tractor, bird and leave inside it  </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/EnGeoChem3.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:title>Polar climate environmental geochem experiment</image:title>
   <image:caption>Polar climate environmental geochem experiment</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>supercomputer glacier</image:caption>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Antarctica Iceberg in water</image:caption>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>circle image half clock half earth and verbiage &quot;Time to Act on Climate Change&quot;</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Icebergs in the sea in Iceland</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>t4c logo. Gray hourglass with a green interior </image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Aerial view of Ohio State Oval</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>trash overflowing in the street covering the road </image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Photo of Italy from Space. The lights on the ground are displayed in the photo</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Monarch Butterfly Perched on Green Leaf in Close Up</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>orange and white sign or logo that reads Guess Who</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Two mountain climbers ascending on a sunny day with snow covered mountains.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>the text &quot;Happy Climate Workshop&quot; with two cartoon people holding signs and wearing shirts about saving the Earth</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A soldier in combat gear in a muddy trench. There is another soldier behind him.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Close-up of a group of cyclists with professional racing sports gear riding on an open road cycling route</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Banner for the 2025 Glacial Isostatic Adjustment workshop, featuring a collage of images including aerial views of landscapes and waterbodies, held on June 2-5 in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. Logos of participating organizations such as the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Geoscience Centre, and Natural Resources Canada are displayed.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Illustration of a glacier flowing between mountains with a forest below, next to the logo &quot;Save Our Glaciers&quot; commemorating World Water Day, March 22, 2025, focusing on glacier preservation.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Love data week text in red and black with heart the o decorated</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Event poster for the 2026 Robinson Lecture featuring Dr. Paul Markowski of Pennsylvania State University, presenting “How to Make a Tornado: Ideas Emerging from Decades of Theory, Simulation, and Field Observations.” The poster includes a headshot of the speaker and event details from the Department of Geography and Geography Graduate Organization.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/earth-sciences-seminar-younghyun-koo</loc>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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  <lastmod>2026-01-17T22:22:47-05:00</lastmod>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/earth-sciences-seminar-chaopeng-shen</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-02-25T11:03:00-05:00</lastmod>
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 <url>
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  <lastmod>2026-01-27T12:26:00-05:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-01/Darby%20Accord%20EPN%20Event.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A collage showing suburban development, a river, a freshwater mussel, and a downtown street scene, with the title “The Big Darby Accord: 20 Years Later” in the center.</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2026-03-10T12:53:24-04:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/EPN%204.22.26%20Event%20Graphic_v2%20%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Building Local Coalitions for Climate Action in Ohio,” featuring the outline of the state of Ohio filled with icons representing renewable energy, recycling, biking, public transit, trees, urban buildings, and community initiatives.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/ses-brown-bag-lunch-prof.-ozeas-costa-water-all-around-coral-reefs-inland-lakes</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-10T12:40:58-04:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-08/Untitled%20%287%29.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Brown bags in a row and a green and red apple</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/science-sundays-climate-any-other-name</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-10T12:35:31-04:00</lastmod>
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  <priority>0.5</priority>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/SS-Wilson.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Promotional graphic for Science Sundays featuring Aaron Wilson presenting “Climate By Any Other Name,” with a portrait of Wilson wearing glasses, a suit, and a yellow boutonniere.</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2026-03-13T11:36:11-04:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-02/65_anniversary_logo%20%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>65th anniversary logo for the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center </image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/thaw-below-zero-virtual-event</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-02-10T09:51:27-05:00</lastmod>
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  <priority>0.5</priority>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-02/Screenshot%202026-02-10%20at%209.48.39%E2%80%AFAM.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>researcher walks from cabin to snowmobile</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/improving-weather-and-climate-understanding-ohios-environmental-professionals-and-volunteers</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-02-25T10:57:21-05:00</lastmod>
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  <priority>0.5</priority>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-02/rainbow_waterman_lane2_800x450%20.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A green field with haystacks sits under stormy skies and a bright rainbow, with houses and power lines in the distance, a white fence on the right, and the signature “G.R. Davis 2021.”</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/latin-america-antarctic-history-and-politics-between-second-world-war-and-antarctic-treaty-0</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-02-12T12:59:02-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-02/Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Antarctic.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Flyer for a virtual panel on Latin America in the Antarctic, with event details for March 30, 2026, and a hand‑drawn sketch of a ship, sun, and Antarctic scene at the top.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/westfest-2026</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-10T12:52:07-04:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/westfest.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A “Save the Date” graphic for WestFest 2026, featuring circular photos of children doing outdoor science activities around the edges. Center text reads “Save the Date,” with the date “October 24, 2026,” and event details: “WestFest 2026, 11:00–3:00 P.M., go.osu.edu/westfest.” The WestFest logo appears at the bottom.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/broxton-bird-late-holocene-climate-flood-dynamics-midcontinental-us-past-drivers-and-future</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-02-25T08:17:34-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-02/Broxton%20Bird%20Headshot%20Updated.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Dr. Broxton Bird Headshot with a dark green border. </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/seminar-dr.-hannah-dion-kirschner</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-04T08:55:55-05:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/Dr.%20Hannah%20Dion-Kirschner%20Science%20Seminar.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Reconstructing biosphere-climate coupling from tree-ring stable isotopes </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/nathan-stansell-interhemispheric-north-atlantic-linkages-during-abrupt-climate-change-events</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-06T13:06:41-05:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/stansell3.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Nathan Stansell</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/volcanic-impacts-climate-and-society-conference-2026-vics-2026-conference</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-10T11:40:01-04:00</lastmod>
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  <priority>0.5</priority>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/St.%20Andrews%20VICS%20Conference%202026.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Colorful layered cliffs with red, purple, and tan sediment slopes descending to a rocky shoreline beside a blue lake, with sparse green vegetation at the base.</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/we-grow-scientists-2026-cosi-community-event-hosted-cfaes</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-24T10:34:46-04:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/Cosi%20event%20image.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A child and adult smiling as they engage with colored blocks</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/modeling-agricultural-tradeoffs-changing-climate</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-26T08:26:43-04:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/Screenshot%202026-03-26%20082600.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Seminar flyer</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/reception-polar-expressions-finding-beauty-coldest-regions-earth</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-04-01T14:05:06-04:00</lastmod>
  <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/1920_img_4805.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Large poster on teal wall. See caption for specifics.</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/events/ilona-jaspers-leading-intersection-climate-health-and-power-convergence-science</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-04-07T13:04:42-04:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-04/Ilona%20Jaspers%20News%20Photo.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Ilona Jaspers, smiling wearing a blue dress and necklace, with a blue and grey solid background. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/giving/ice-core-facility-renovation/gallery</loc>
  <lastmod>2021-02-26T08:54:37-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-09/dasuopu-lgt-photo-modified-asc-banner.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group of people walking on a snowy ground and brown mountains in a distance, with silver cylinders on their backs.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/lonnie-thompson-with-ice-core-quelccaya-2003-summit%20core.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Dr. Lonnie Thompson and two other scientists hold an ice core at the summit of Quelccaya in 2003.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-09/ice-core-renovation-fund-quelccaya-2003-drilling-at-night.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Ice core drilling at night. the landscape is dark except for a lit up shelter </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-07/ice-core-renovation-fund-greenland-2007-field-team.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Field team with ice core. Greenland, 2007.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-07/ice-core-renovation-fund-trekking-across-mountain-ridge.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Researchers trek across Himalayan ridge-line.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-07/ice-core-renovation-fund-naimonanyi-drilling-2006.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Snow blowing across basecamp in Naimona'nyi. 2006.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-07/ice-core-renovation-fund-ohio-bruce-plateau-antarctica-2010.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>O-H-I-O on Bruce Plateau, Antarctica. 2010.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-07/ice-core-renovation-fund-dasuopu-lgt-photo.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Many people with silver cylinders in their backpacks walking toward a dirt mountain in a distance on snow covered ground. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-07/ice-core-renovation-fund-students-with-ice-core.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Three students sit around a table and learn about ice cores.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-07/ice-core-renovation-fund-students-learning_about-ice-cores.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Three students sit around a table and learn about ice cores.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/gallery/gerlach-award-2022-reception</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-01-23T15:59:51-05:00</lastmod>
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  <priority>0.5</priority>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05422_copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Georgie Shockey (09/29/22). See caption for details.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05411%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>view from left of stage looking at Georgie Shockey on stage indoor at a podium giving a talk with red lighting along the back wall with short hair and gold black and red jacket</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05437_copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>President Kristina Johnson on stage at a podium speaking with 4 hall length banners hanging of award winner images and text in the background at a distance</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05453_copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Kristina Johnson and Brutus Buckeye (09/29/22). Details in caption.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05376_copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Andrea Bowlin, OSU Advancement, in a white short puff Eskimo jacket standing to the left of an ice sculpture on a table in a room with white walls and red spotlight coming from the ground on the wall</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05391%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Georgie Shockey shaking hands with OSU President Johnson standing in a crowd of people applauding in a hall with white ceiling and red lighting</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05388%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Lonnie Thompson with raised hands and Ellen Mosley Thompson standing up from a round table in a banquet hall with Georgie Shockey seated</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05382%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley Thompson standing up from a round table in a banquet hall with Georgie Shockey seated</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05591%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Georgie Shockey on the left posing indoor with her partner John with lilac color background walls. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05576%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Georgie Shockey and her parents, George and Clover Apelian (09/29/22). Details in caption</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05586%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An ice sculpture on a table on the left and from left to right Georgie Shockey, her mother wearing red, Ellen Mosley Thompson, Georgie's partner, John,  Lonnie Thompson and  Georgie's father standing Georgie, Ellen and her dad clutching their hands together while Lonnie's hand is on her father's shoulder </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05574%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Georgie Shockey standing in the middle of two ladies with hands clasped in font of her standing next to an ice sculpture</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05553%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Andrea in white puff jacket with Eskimo hat standing next to an ice sculpture on a table to her right and Georgie Shockey to her right in a red black and gold embroidered jacket with black top under.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05547%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An ice sculpture on a table on the left and Georgie Shockey, Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley Thompson standing next to it with Ellen clutching her arm with one hand while Lonnie is standing in the middle with his hands on both women's shoulders and Georgie resting right hand on the table to her right.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05527%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From Left to right, Tina Skestos, George Skestos, Georgie Shockey, President Kristina Johnson  and  Catherine Baumgardner posing for the camera in a banquet hall</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05503%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Ellen Mosley Thompson wearing a red eye mask smiling at the camera wearing a burgundy sweater and teal neck scarf with hands clutched together with short hair seated at a banquet table with food and a small red box on the table</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/22_3992611_05501%20copy.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>people seated in a crowd with a man with short hear wearing a red eye mask with his hands up in O shape wearing burgundy shirt with dark jacket and tie looking at the camera and a small red box open on the table in front of him. a man's bald head in the foreground and Georgie Shockey seated with short hair wearing a gold and black embroidered jacket looking elsewhere</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/gallery/2023-symposium-image-gallery</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-08/byrd_symposium_art_white.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Collage of multiple images 3 columns with 3 images in left and right cell and 2 in the middle.  Left top to bottom  bleached coral, trees burning and glacier ice wall melting in water. Middle top and bottom cars submerged in water on a street and wind turbines in a grassy field. right tope to bottom:2 polar bears, dry corn field and  a hurricane from space. all images are framed with white boarder.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231019_190536.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people seated and one person at the podium talking with an audience in a book store.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231019_190522.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people seated talking with an audience in a book store.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231019_190903.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>two people seated up front speaking to an audience in a bookstore.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231019_190900.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people seated talking with an audience in a book store.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/bookstore.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A person seated at a table in a bookstore speaking to two others.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/signingbooks.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop seated at a table signing books.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/pre-symposium_dinner.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group at dinner in a restaurant.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_083405.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Bryan Mark presenting at the monitor.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06669.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A man presenting to a seated group.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/img_3973_1.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people sitting at the registration table and one standing.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/karinaandjamey.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Karina Peggau at the podium and Jamey walking over.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/jamey2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Jamey Stutz presenting at the podium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06671.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Karina Peggau at the podium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/auditorium1.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A crowd sitting in an auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/auditorium6.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A crowd sitting in an auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/auditorium7.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A crowd sitting in an auditorium clapping for Aaron Wilson.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/heidiroop6.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop presenting at the podium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/auditorium4.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A crowd sitting in an auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/auditorium2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A crowd sitting in an auditorium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/auditorium3.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A crowd sitting in an auditorium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_095333.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop speaking at podium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06675_0.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop speaking to an audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_093815.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06673.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06678.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06679.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop speaking to an audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06682.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06681.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop speaking to an audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/jason_loisjones.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Jason Cervenec presenting at the podium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06685.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people speaking to an audience.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_115035.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Aaron Wilson</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_115020.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Geddy Davis presenting to an audience.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_115022.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A seated audience listening to a presentation.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_115205.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_115304.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An audience in the auditorium.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/amandadavey.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A person speaking a the podium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06686.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Tom Darrah presenting via Zoom in big screen.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_114001.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Tom Darrah presenting via Zoom in big screen.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/tomdarrah3.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A Zoom session open on the large monitor with someone presenting in the auditorium. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06688.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_123246.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06689.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06690.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch and chatting.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06691.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch and chatting.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06692.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch and chatting.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_123249.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Lonnie Thompson</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_123405.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated outside having lunch and chatting.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06694.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch and chatting.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06693.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated having lunch and chatting.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06701.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Karina Peggau</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/aaronandgeddytalk.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people presenting to a  seated group.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_132938.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people speaking to an audience.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/aarontalk2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>One person presenting to a seated group.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_123337.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated waiting for a presentation.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/medical_group.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A speaker presenting to an audience in a room. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/clairemedicallibrary.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group seated ready for a presentation.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/medical_group2.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An audience seated in a room. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/medical_group3.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A speaker presenting to an audience in a room. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/remotesensingpanelauditorium.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A person at the podium, while a panel of four is seated next to the podium in the auditorium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/remotesensingsession.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A person at the podium, while someone is speaking and a panel of four is seated next to the podium in the auditorium.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/20231020_132036.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Panel of four people sitting around for a discussion.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06698.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people standing, talking.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06703.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Jamey Stutz</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06711.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop and Jamey Stutz standing posing for the camera.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06713.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/joelaaronmichelecharmaine.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Joel Johnson, Aaron Wilson, Michele Cook and Charmaine Koch smiling.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06714.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/postersession2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People standing around and talking during the poster session.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06748.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop showing Jason Cervenec a location on a very large Antarctic map on the wall.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06749.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop and Jason Cervenec in front of a large map.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06716.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/jasongeddy_shen.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Three people posing in front of a research poster at the Byrd Center</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06738.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06719.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06717.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A person posing in front of her poster.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/postersession5.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People standing around and talking during the poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06724_1.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06726.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06735.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06728.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06730.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06731.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06734.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/postersession6.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People standing around and talking during the poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/postersession.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People standing around and talking during the poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/postersession3.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People standing around and talking during the poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06736.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06739.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People talking during poster session.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06747.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop and Karina Peggau smiling for the camera.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06757.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop and Jason Cervenec smiling and waving at the camera.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/dsc06762.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Heidi Roop seated and Karina Peggau standing both posing as if in thought.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/gallery/polar-rock-repositorys-20th-anniversary-celebration</loc>
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   <image:title>Over 50,000 rock samples are housed on floor-to-ceiling shelves within the PRR.</image:title>
   <image:caption>Over 50,000 rock samples are housed on floor-to-ceiling shelves within the PRR.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/img_1703.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Participants sitting and standing at the Polar Rock Repository. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/prr_event.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Participants sitting and standing at the Polar Rock Repository. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/prr_event2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Jamey Stutz sitting on a table with his hand on a rock.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/img_7012.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Four women standing in a crowd and one person approaching.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/img_7010_1.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Three people standing in the Polar Rock Repository on person approaching in a distance.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/2img_3278.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Jamey Stutz sitting on a table.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/img_7026.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group standing in the PRR talking.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/img_7023.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group standing in the PRR talking.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/prr_event3.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Participants standing in the Polar Rock Repository, chatting. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/prr_event4.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Participants sitting and standing at the Polar Rock Repository. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/img_7039.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group standing and getting food.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A group standing outside eating pizza</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Four people posing for the picture indoors.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Four people posing for the photo, the very left  person is holding a dog.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Four people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two people posing with a poster in the middle.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Tw people discussing a poster while a third looks toward the camera.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three people and a dog listening to a presenter of a poster in an open space.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two people posing with a poster in the middle.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption> Two people discussing a poster in a hallway.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two people discussing a poster in a repository with shelves of boxes.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/15bd90a8-3ee6-4cc8-bdd7-2bead1df1890.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A person presenting a poster to another in an open space. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/640dd686-8b43-4996-974a-784ae63b39ec.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people discussing a poster in a library.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three people listening to a presenter of a poster in an open space.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Byrd Center 65th anniversary logo</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/DSC07486.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A person is presenting to an audience in a repository facility.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/DSC07550.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Several people standing at a table examining items in a silent auction at an indoor event.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/DSC07490.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Person giving a presentation to a small group in a laboratory setting.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/DSC07496.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>People in a laboratory setting, listening to a  person speaking.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/DSC07518.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Three individuals conversing in a laboratory with &quot;ice&quot; sign visible in the background.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/DSC07524.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Three individuals conversing at an event, with black and white landscape photographs on the wall and a floral arrangement on a nearby table.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Four people interacting with virtual reality headsets indoors. One individual is being assisted by another to adjust their headset while.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A group of people standing in a corridor, listening to a person in the center speaking.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/I%26A2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two individuals standing in front of a poster titled &quot;World First&quot; by the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A person using virtual reality equipment is sitting across from another person in a casual indoor setting.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three people standing beside a large statue of Admiral Byrd at a public facility.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Person wearing a KOVA Ice Drilling and Coring Equipment t-shirt smiling in a laboratory setting.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three people smiling in front of The Ohio State University and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center banners.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Byrd Center 65th anniversary logo</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/Screenshot%202025-03-26%20104347_2.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Polar Libraries Colloquy logo featuring a penguin, polar bear, and globe</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Admiral Byrd Statue with Plaque.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Researcher holding an ice core inside a dome field lab.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Promotional flyer for &quot;Coach Beyond: Speaker Series&quot; at The Ohio State University, displaying upcoming events about artificial intelligence, environmental concerns, and sports science dated for April 8, 2025, including logos of Coach Beyond and The Ohio State University at the bottom.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/JulioPostigo_flyer_600x400_final.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Promotional poster for a lecture titled &quot;Understanding the Production of Global Knowledge to Address Environmental Change&quot; featuring an image of the speaker.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Portrait of Dr. Min Liew</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Day of giving 2026</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Iceberg in water during day time</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Four map panels of Greenland show modeled (1) number of temperate beds and temperature standard deviation at the ice base, 37 m depth, and 227 m depth; blue is lower and red is higher (K).</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Climbers hike up a snowy glacier ridge with ice cliffs behind them.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Icebergs in the sea in Iceland</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A mountain range covered in snow and ice under blue skies.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>researcher presenting to students with a video display showing Antarctica.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>man in a light gray shirt using a VR headset</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/img_1645_2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>students inside the ice core freezer with silver core tubes</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/img_1539_2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>recording a video inside the sediment core facility with cores in the background</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Byrd Center outreach team members on the steps of Scott Hall</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>two individuals at a table with polar gear during the Ohio State Fair</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/research/groups/environmental-geochemistry</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/mountains-geochem.jpg</image:loc>
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  <loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/research/groups/glacier-environmental-change</loc>
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   <image:caption>2 photos of a glacier side by side showing the melting.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/36203950656_4d461ae26f_o.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:title>Glacier Environmental Change</image:title>
   <image:caption>Glacier Environmental Change</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/mitococha-huayhuash.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Landscape of mountains with snow covered caps. The sky is a sunny and bright blue</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/huaraz-panoramic.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:title>Glacier Environmental Change</image:title>
   <image:caption>Glacier Environmental Change</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/chimborazo_2013.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:title>Glacier Environmental Change</image:title>
   <image:caption>Glacier Environmental Change</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2024-09/Gargo%20Glacier%20Floodplain.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A man holding a green-covered notebook walking in a rocky river bed with a little stream flowing behind him and sparse tree covered hills and mountains in the background. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/padded_image_3_800x500.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A presentation with an audience listening to a speaker standing next to a screen.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/AdobeStock_84481940.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Scenic view of the Indus River flowing through a rugged landscape with lush green vegetation along the banks, under a vibrant sky at sunset.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/JensAdamJonReal600_0.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group people standing outdoor in a field, one holding a control and talking.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/adamandguests.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A group of people standing around while one is talking.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/PXL_20250404_133437528.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Four people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/d657f2f6-6e7f-b44b-0b52-4e48bc487b6c.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Three people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/PXL_20250402_202339788.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Two people posing with a poster in the middle.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/bc807a80-02fe-51d0-368f-9f6632e97989.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A large, detailed globe model  positioned in the foreground of a spacious convention center lobby. People walk and gather in the background near escalators.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two people indoors posing for a picture and smiling.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://byrd.osu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/Mazan%20_GEC%20_PXL_20250309_214942177.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Snow-covered field with patches of grass visible, leading to a dense forest at the foot of the towering, snow-capped Rocky Mountains under a clear blue sky.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Image of the Polar Rock Repository logo</image:caption>
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