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Science and Environment :: Polar Regions
Human :: Evolution
Geomorphology :: Geology
Global Warming
Archaeology :: Social Sciences

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.
Meta Description: [ Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research - the Central Institute for German Polar Research ]

Beringian Atlas - Paleonenvironmental atlas of Beringia, an area covering easternmost Siberia and western Alaska.

Climate Change Institute, University of Maine - Studies of climatology and paleoclimatology, glaciers, Quaternary geology, paleooceanography, paleoanthropology, and related areas.
Meta Description: [ The home page of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine ]

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.
Meta Description: [ NOVA Online presents Cracking the Ice Age, a look at novel theories regarding the origin of the Ice Ages and other major episodes of the world's climate. ]

Friends of the Pleistocene Pacific Cell Field Trip 2003 - Announcement of field trip to Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks, October 3-5.
Meta Description: [ FOP Pacific Cell Fall 2003 Field Trip ]

500 Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge - 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.

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.
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404 Midwestern US 16,000 Years Ago: An Exhibit at the Illinois Museum - Deglaciation and late Pleistocene animals and plants.
Meta Description: [ Easy access to Illinois services and information ]

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, paleolimnology, paleoceanography, plant macrofossils, pollen, and tree ring.
Meta Description: [ A central location for paleoclimatic data, research, and education. ]

NOVA Online - Warnings from the Ice - Educational website to accompany TV program offers information about Antarctica and about how ice cores provide a record of the past. Discusses how the world's coastlines would recede if some or all of the Antarctic ice were to melt.
Meta Description: [ NOVA Online presents Warnings from the Ice ]

Pliocene and Late Quaternary Sea Level - Global Gridded maps. USGS Open File Report 96-000.

500 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 Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimate Studies at Colby College - Information about student research, with numerous 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.

Quaternary Sciences Program at Northern Arizona University - Information about education, research and data dissemination activities regarding the Quaternary period of the arid western North America. Offers a Master's degree.
Meta Description: [ QSP offers a Master of Science degree in the Quaternary Sciences. Students receive specialized interdisciplinary research and academic training in Earth’s present environmental conditions and biota as compared with the geologically recent past. ]

404 Rutgers University Quaternary Studies - 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.

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 members, and related information.