http://westinstenv.org/palbot W.I.S.E. Colloquium: Paleobotany and Paleoclimatology Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:51:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Harris, Peter. 2008. An Urgent Signal for the Coming Ice Age Peter Harris of Eumundi, Queensland AU graduated with a BSc (hons) degree in Chemistry from the University of Witswatersrand in 1963 and a PhD in 1967. He worked as a research fellow in the Rochester Institute for Technology, in the ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2008/04/28/an-urgent-signal-for-the-coming-ice-age/ Soon, Willie, Sallie Baliunas, Craig Idso, Sherwood Idso, and David R. Legates. 2003. Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past 1000 Years: A Reappraisal. Energy & Environment, Vol. 14, Nos. 2 & 3, 2003. Full text [here] (927 KB) Selected excerpts: ABSTRACT The 1000-year climatic and environmental history of the Earth contained in ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2008/04/11/reconstructing-climatic-and-environmental-changes-of-the-past-1000-years-a-reappraisal/ Archibald, David. 2008. Solar Cycle 24: Implications for the United States. International Conference on Climate Change March, 2008. Full text [here] Selected excerpts: Do we live in a special time in which the laws of physics and nature are suspended? No, we do not. Can we expect relationships between the Sun’s activity and ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2008/04/05/solar-cycle-24-implications-for-the-united-states/ Singer, S. Fred, ed., Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate: Summary for Policymakers of the Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, Chicago, IL: The Heartland Institute, 2008. Full text [here] (4,343 KB) Selected excerpts: In his speech at the United Nations’ climate conference on September 24, 2007, Dr. Vaclav ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2008/03/10/nature-not-human-activity-rules-the-climate/ Hormes, A., Beer, J. and Schlüchter, C., 2006. A geochronological approach to understanding the role of solar activity on Holocene glacier length variability in the Swiss Alps. Geogr. Ann., 88 A (4): 281–294. Review by George Taylor A team of European researchers has found that glaciers in the Swiss Alps have lengthened ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2008/01/19/the-role-of-solar-activity-on-holocene-glacier-length-variability-in-the-swiss-alps/ Taylor, George H. Holocene Temperatures and Sea Level Changes. Western Institute for Study of the Environment, December, 2007 George H. Taylor is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and Director of the Oregon Climate Service, Oregon State University. Full text [here] Selected excerpts: At the end of the last Ice Age, global temperatures increased significantly and ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2007/12/14/holocene-temperatures-and-sea-level-changes/ Pielou, E.C., After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America. 1991, Univ. Chicago Press. Review by Mike Dubrasich The smartest woman in the world is a little old lady who lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Eighty-ish and now retired, Evelyn putters about her garden, does her ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2007/12/01/after-the-ice-age/ Imbrie, John and Katherine Palmer Imbrie. Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery. 1986. Harvard University Press. Review by Mike Dubrasich In 1911 at a coffee house in Belgrade, Serbia, 32-year-old mathematics professor Milutin Milankovitch resolved to "grasp the entire Universe and spread light into its farthest corners". The occasion was a party, and ... http://westinstenv.org/palbot/2007/11/27/ice-ages-solving-the-mystery/