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.
http://www.awi-potsdam.de/index.html
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.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/data.html
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.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warnings/
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.
http://www.nau.edu/~qsp/
Beringian Atlas:
Paleonenvironmental atlas of Beringia, an area covering easternmost
Siberia and western Alaska.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/parcs/atlas/beringia/index.html
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.
http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/oistage3/Details/Homepage.html
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.
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/geographie/lpcweb/
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.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ice/
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.
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~qlab/
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.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~geolweb/qstudies.html
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.
http://cpesw3.mols.sussex.ac.uk/igu/
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.
http://www.kv.geo.uu.se
