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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.
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Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) Meeresspiegels ist eine der wichtigsten Konsequenzen aus einer erhhten Konzentration an Treibhausgasen in unserer Atmosphre und der daraus resultierenden globalen Klimaerwrmung. Ein vlliges Abschmelzen des grnlndischen Inlandeises und der Eiskappe der Antarktis wrde den Meeresspiegel um etwa 70 Meter ansteigen...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, paleolimnology, paleoceanography, plant macrofossils, pollen, and tree ring.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/data.html
Information about education, research and data dissemination activities regarding the Quaternary period of the arid western North America. Offers a Master's degree.
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Quaternary Sciences Program University provides academic and field experience for master's degree graduate students in the context of developing state-of-the-art quality research and data dissemination regarding the Quaternary period of the arid western North America. Click any bar for information Send questions or...Paleonenvironmental atlas of Beringia, an area covering easternmost Siberia and western Alaska.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/parcs/atlas/beringia/index.html
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 members, and related information.
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The Stage Three Project Home Page Databases and climate simulations Stage 3 Publications PSU simulations Databases Summer temperatures (oC) Left: Present-day; Right: Warm event (c.40,000 yrs BP) What is Stage Three? Project members and panels Stage 3 Publications Journal papers Alfano, M.J E.J. Barron, D. Pollard,...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.
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Laboratory for Paleoclimatology and Climatology If you are looking for additional information, please contact us. Technical questions or comments about this site? Last updated: 2005.01.27...Deglaciation and late Pleistocene animals and plants.
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Midwestern U. S. 16,000 Years Ago Content Illinois State Museum The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago Search ISM Home Exhibits The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago>Mastodons Pages in the Midwest U.S. 16,000 Years Ago Exhibit General Materials Opening Page of Midwest Environments 16,000 Years Ago Introduction to Midwest Environments 16,000...Book on the ice ages and how human intelligence evolved.
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The emergence of intelligence October 1994) also discusses ice-age evolution of intelligence. Also see Wallace S. Broecker Massive iceberg discharges as triggers for global climate change Nature 372:421-424 (1 December 1994) and his Chaotic Climate Scientific American article (November 1995...In Department of Geology & Geophysics, UW-Madison. Studies of basic and applied problems in glacial geology, Quaternary geology, engineering geology,and hydrogeology.
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Quaternary Research at the Department of Geology, UW-Madison This page includes information about the Quaternary research group in the Department of Geology Geophysics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. For info about the city click here. Our group studies a range of both basic and applied problems in...Global Gridded maps. USGS Open File Report 96-000.
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USGS Open File Report 96-000 Image depicting the largest changes in global eustatic sea level that have been inferred from geological studies. The light blue color shows an estimate of the coastline of the eastern United States during the last glacial maximum, about 20,000 years...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.
http://cpesw3.mols.sussex.ac.uk/igu/
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.
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Uppsala: Quaternary Geology UU Home Background Personnel Research Education Links Data Software Publications News Vacancies Background Personnel Research Education Links Software Data Publications News Vacancies 1st January 2003: new programs in Earth Sciences. Details under News. 31st January 2003: Palaeobiology Research day. P...Announcement of field trip to Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks, October 3-5.
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~gstock/fop2003
Offers a multidisciplinary graduate certificate program allowing students to specialize in the study of the last few million years in earth's history, incorporating anthropology, geology, geography, biology, meteorology, and environmental science.
http://geology.rutgers.edu/qstudies.html
Studies of climatology and paleoclimatology, glaciers, Quaternary geology, paleooceanography, paleoanthropology, and related areas.
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Climate Change Institute UMaine On the brink of predicting the future of climate change. About Us Directory Graduate Program Major Contributions to Science Research Expeditions News Institute Partners Science Initiatives The Institute is leading major scientific investigations to unlock the secrets of climate change...Collaborators from several departments engaged in study of paleogeography, Quaternary history and stratigraphy, geoarcheology, palynology, paleontology, and related topics. Describes research, personnel, facilities, and activities.
http://www.giqr.group.cam.ac.uk/
Information about student research, with numerous links.
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E to download a pollen count sheet in Microsoft Excel, for use in the lab project in the latter part of the semester Note that there is a 1 for an unnamed taxon in this spread sheet; this is solely...