The authors of this website are:


            Michael Pidwirny, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Michael teaches courses in Introductory Environmental Science, Introductory Physical Geography, Weather and Climate, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and the use of statistics in Earth Science and Geography.


            John Harrison, who is an Assistant Professor in the International Master's Program in Interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan. 


            This website is best viewed using Google Chrome. Apple Safari causes text, tables, and figures to become jumbled when using “views” other than actual size. Hopefully, this software issue will be fixed in the future.


            Please send any suggestions, comments, or corrections to the following email address: michael.pidwirny@ubc.ca.


            You can support this site financially by making a small donation of $5 or $10 (click the Donate button at the bottom of various pages on the site). This income will help offset the money we spend on hosting costs and various types of software used to create this website. It is also nice to receive some income for all the work we have done to put this site up so anyone can access the information it contains.


We hope you enjoy the site.


Michael Pidwirny and John Harrison

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