At NOAA, the Paleoclimatology Program has put together couple of web
sites designed for the general public, one of which is on drought. I'm
not sure how pertinent this site would be to the BASIN audience, but it
illustrates how paleoclimatic data is useful for assessing and
evaluating 20th century droughts. There are also links to pages about
20th century drought. The drought web page can be found, along with one
on global warming at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/perspectives.html
Connie
-- Connie Woodhouse NOAA Paleoclimatology Program National Geophysical Data Center 325 Broadway E/GC Boulder, CO 80303 ph: (303)497-6297 fax: (303)497-6513 email: woodhous@ngdc.noaa.gov See http://basin.org/forum/fire-flood.html for more information on this list.