Concepts and Ideas: Climate History and the Great Geophysical Experiment; Towards a History of Ideas on Anthropogenic Climate Change.- Decadal to Millennial Variability: Climate Dynamics of the North Atlantic and NW-Europe; Holocene Climate Variability on Centennial-to-Millennial Time Scales; Solar Forcing of Climate Change in Recent Millennia; Times of Quiet, Times of Agitation: Sverdrup's Conjecture and the Bermuda Coral Record; A Case for Climate Cycles: Orbit, Sun and Moon; Tracing Climate Variability: The Search for Climate Dynamics on Decadal to Millennial Time Scales.- Holocene Variability: Holocene Climate and Past Volcanism in Greenland and Northern Europe; Holocene Climate Evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Nordic Seas; Holocene Climate History of Northern Europe - the Evidence from Late Deposits; Climate Changes Duringn the Holocene Recorded by Lakes from Europe; The Post-Glacial Evolution of the Baltic Sea; Holocene Climatic History of Northern Europe as Recorded by Vegetation Changes; Late Glacial and Holocene Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Variations in Southern Norway; Holocene Paleoenvironmental Changes in North-West Europe.- Climate History and Human Activity: Landscape Development and Occupation History along the Southern North Sea Coast; Climatic Change in Northern Europe over the Last 2000 Years and its Possible Influence on Human Activitiy; Human Stature and Climate; Malaria around the North Sea; Patterns of Climate in Central Europe Since Viking Times; On the Holocene Water Balance in Central Europe and Several Historical Consequences; 'Narrowest-Ring' Events in the Irish Oak Chronology.- Coastal Zone and Human Activity: The Pleistocene and Holocene Development of the Southeastern North Sea Basin; Effects of Climate and Human Interventions on the Evolution of the Wadden Sea Depositional System; Historic Storms in the North Sea Area, an Assessment of the Storm Data, the Present Position of Research and the Prospects for Future Research; Climate Variability and Historical NW European Fisheries; Changes in Coastal Zone Ecosystems; The Impact of Harmful Algal Blooms in Natural and Human-Modified Systems of Northern Europe; Climate and Human Induced Impacts on the Coastal Zone of the Southern North Sea.

From the reviews: "Can the study of climate and history help in devising strategies for coping with global environmental change? What might be the type of information most useful in this context? These and similar questions were discussed by experts from the natural and social sciences … during a four day workshop, and the resulting proceedings are presented in this title, with comprehensive papers of broad interest, thematic background papers, and reports of study groups." (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, October, 2003)

New data on climate development and the history of the settlement in Northern EuropeSummary of the resultsClear language, written for a broader audienceIncludes interdisciplinary papersRecommendations for future research on climate historyAdditional information in the internet on: www.pangaea.de