Description:
This Web site shows how paleoclimatic data can provide information about past droughts and about the natural variability of drought over timescales of decades to millennia. Analyzing records from tree rings, lake and dune sediments, archaeological remains, historical documents and other environmental indicators can extend our understanding of past climate far beyond the 100-year instrumental record.

Organization:
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program

URL:
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/drght_home.html

Contact:
paleo@ngdc.noaa.gov, Code E/GC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, C), 80303-3328, Phone: (303) 497-6280; Fax: (303) 497-6513

Cost:
Free

Education Level:
Grades 9-12
Post Secondary

Subject:
Anthropology/Archeology
Climate
Paleontology

Resource Type:
Internet Site

Date Added to teachearth.com:
3/20/01