"Ice Cold in Paris" (report - New Scientist)
Potential effects of global warming in Europe. |
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Information about the central institute of German polar research, its history, its facilities and research ships, and research topics related to geology and biology of the polar regions and world oceans. |
Beringian Atlas
Paleonenvironmental atlas of Beringia, an area covering easternmost Siberia and western Alaska. |
Cracking the Ice Age
Web site related to the NOVA television program about the big sweep and panorama of the Ice Age. Links to other resources. |
IGU Commission on Climatic Change and Periglacial Environments
Information about international efforts to coordinate research on the effects of climate on permafrost and other processes and landforms in periglacial regions. Includes conference announcements and links to other resources. |
Institute for Quaternary Studies, University of Maine
Studies of glaciers, Quaternary geology, paleoclimatology, paleooceanography, and paleoanthropology. |
Interdisciplinary Research Between Archaeology and the Geosicences in Canada
Matthew Boyd, University of Manitoba. Discusses some current geoarchaeological research in Canada. Includes an introduction to Quaternary palynology and related information and links. |
Laboratory for Paleoclimatology and Climatology, University of Ottawa
Information about research in the analysis and modeling of climate changes and their impacts on ecosystems, with particular focus on Canada and the Arctic during the Holocene. |
Midwestern US 16,000 Years Ago: An Exhibit at the Illinois Museum
Deglaciation and late Pleistocene animals and plants. |
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Data Center
Archive for paleoclimate data, research, and education. Climate reconstructions and contributed data sets including: borehole data, climate forcing, corals, fauna, ice cores, insects, paleoclimate modeling, |
Pliocene and Late Quaternary Sea Level
Global Gridded maps. USGS Open File Report 96-000. |
Quaternary Geology, Uppsala University
Conducts research on topics such as paleoecology and cosmogenic isotopes, in Sweden and around the world. Includes course listings, news, publications, downloadable software, and links. |
Quaternary Research at University of Wisconsin-Madison
In Department of Geology & Geophysics, UW-Madison. Studies of basic and applied problems in glacial geology, Quaternary geology, engineering geology,and hydrogeology. |
The Ascent of Mind, by William H. Calvin
Book on the ice ages and how human intelligence evolved. |
The Stage Three Project
Interdisciplinary international collaborative effort to assess the current state of knowledge of the relatively mild part of the last glacial when Neanderthals became extinct. Information about objectives, newsletters, publications, directory of project |
