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Introduction to Climatology: How Stable is Earth's Climate?

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Introduction to United States Climate Normals
Basic short article.
( http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/normals/usnormals.html )
Climate and Forests
Article about forests and their impact on local, regional, and global climate.
( http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/publications/occ-p9/occp9-2.htm )
Tree Rings and Climate
Interesting article on tree stumps found in Chile from 50,000 years ago.
( http://www.sciencenews.org/20010331/fob2.asp )
Earth's Past Climate Changes
A NASA article about how Earth's climate has fluxuated during the past.
( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast20oct_1.htm )
Climate Change
Short article on Earth's climate and some reasons it changes.
( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast20oct_1.htm )
Life During the Little Ice Age
Nice article that helps you realize how climate change can affect your life.
( http://www.vehiclechoice.org/climate/cutler.html )
Medieval Optimum
First half of the article describes the Medieval Optimum. The second half has information on the Little Ice Age.
( http://co2science.org/subject/other/clim_hist_1thousand.htm )
Indicators of Climatic Change
Short article on variables used to indicate past climatic change.
( http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/determining_climate_record.html )
Possible Causes for Climatic Change
Discussion of activities that may contribute to climate changes. This site has links, at the bottom of the page you might want to investigate for more information on the Little Ice Age.
( http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/possible_causes.html )
Ocean-atmosphere Interaction
Interaction in the North Atlantic in an article from NOAA. Good graphics.
( http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ogp/papers/kushnir.html )
Geology and Climate
From Nova, a theory concerning the climate changes produced by tectonic plates, and changing ocean circulation.
( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ice/chill.html )
Climate and Building Design

( http://arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/65156-7c.htm )
Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment -Climate

( http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/Climate/Older/Measuring_Climate.html )
Monitoring Climate

( http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/courses/PGCEweb/Geog/GeoWebs00/Jenny%20M/Measuring%... )
Climate Change

( http://www.environment.govt.nz/climate/ )
Air and Climate Links

( http://eelink.net/environmentallinks-airandclimate2.html )
Climate Controls

( http://www.learningco.com/Category.asp?CID=57 )
Climate Classification and Change

( http://members.tripod.com/~griots/deanza/climate.html )
Koppen Climate Classification

( http://www.hqlist.demon.nl/gvg/ctkoppe2.htm )
Climate Prediction Center

( http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/assessments/assess_97/toc.html )
Climate Databases

( http://www.giss.nasa.gov/data/update/csci/ )