ABSTRACT
Since the first edition of Climate since A.D. 1500 was published there have been a number of new developments in research which have added to our knowledge of climate fluctuations during this period. Here we provide a brief summary of some of the more important studies which have recently become available. We note also that several volumes have been published recently, which focus to a large extent on paleoclimatic records of the last 500-1000 years. These include Bradley (1991), Diaz and Markgraf (1992), Frenzel et al., (1992), Murray and Overpeck (1993), Martinson et al. (1994) and Hughes and Diaz (1994a). In addition, there have been very significant developments in data access, thanks to the establishment of the World Data Center A (WDC-A) for paleoclimatology within the U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80303). Many data sets can now be obtained for a nominal fee on diskette, or accessed via Internet, and transferred using the anonymous FTP protocol. In addition, WDC-A has developed a software program, Paleovu, which enables users to display paleoclimate data sets from throughout the world. Further details of these developments can be obtained from WDC-A via their email address (paleo@mail.ngdc.noaa.gov).
