Since 1989, the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program has worked hard to catalyze 
the international effort to utilize paleoenvironmental data to improve our 
understanding of earth climate variability.

 
Recognition and achievements

    2010:   CIRES-NOAA Bronze Medal (Shah)
    2010:   NOAA Bronze Medal (Gross)
    2008:   NOAA Administrator's Award (Anderson and 33 others)
    2006:   NOAA Administrator's Award (Woodhouse)
    2006:   CIRES Outstanding Award for Service (Hartman)
    2005:   NOAA Bronze Medal (Woodhouse and 13 others)
    2004:   NOAA Administrator's Award (Anderson)
    2000:   NOAA Bronze Medal (Gross)
    1997:   NOAA Gold Medal (Overpeck and two others)
    1994:   NOAA Silver Medal (Anderson and five others)

Milestones

    2009:  Paleo Climate Network v1.0
    2008:  Data Descriptions from PANGAEA now available
    2007:  Data Sets from Fourth IPCC Assessment Report archived
    2007:  Adopted data sharing via Open Architecture Initiative protocol for data set sharing (OAI-PMH)
    2006:  Abrupt Climate Change presentations for White House, Dept. of Commerce
    2004:  Paleoceanography Database v. 1.0 created
    2004:  Abrupt Climate Change Web site created
    2003:  International Multi-proxy Paleofire Database (IMPD) online
    2002:  Became part of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
    2002:  Applied Research Center for Paleoclimatology established
    2001:  Paleo Perspective on North American Drought created
    2001:  Climate Timeline educational web pages created
    1999:  First Workshop on PAGES/CLIVAR Data Management
    1998:  Second Workshop on Global Paleoenvironmental Data, Boulder, Colorado
    1997:  Number of data sites in global network reaches 10,000
    1996:  PAGES Data Management Plan published
    1995:  Became data source for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments
    1995:  Became paleoclimate data center for World Climate Research Program
    1994:  Became paleoclimate data center for Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project
    1993-99:   Sponsored over 15 data coordination mtgs.
    1993:  Workshop on Global Paleoenvironmental Data, Bern, Switzerland
    1993:  Became Data Coordination Center for International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
    1992:  Began formal coordination with WDC for Glaciology (Snow and Ice)
    1992:  WDC for Paleoclimatology sanctioned by ICSU