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Climate Change Note: Please look through resources very carefully. This is a controversial issue so some sources may have bias. Check carefully for the expertise or background of the writer or contributor. To LINK to any article, click on the titles in BLUE Click on the links (http) or the titles (IN BLUE) to get to the websites and articles. Websites(ODP)1. AIP - The Discovery of Global Warming - A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change, told in a set of hyperlinked essays by Spencer Weart. From tthe American Institute of Physics. 2. ClimateCheck - An independent UK based website established to help evaluate and disseminate sound scientific information on climate change and its causes, as a guide to the public and policymakers. 3. Climatic Change: The Truth - Extract from a speech given by Dr. Claes T.G. Linden, President of the Live Planet Foundation. 4. EcoAction - Canadian government site reporting official actions concerning climate change, and suggesting ways people can help. 5. Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - A one-stop source of information, for younger and older users alike, on a range of atmospheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion. Provided by the UK Government Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. 6. Environmental Change and its Impact on Species/Ecosystems/Agriculture - Searchable bibliography on the impacts of environmental change on flora and fauna. Citations include peer-reviewed and selected gray literature. Hyperlinks are provided to the source where available. 7. Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide - Extensive paper expressing conclusions reached from a review of currect literature, that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide during the 20th and 21st Centuries has had no deleterious effects on Earth's weather and climate, but has markedly increased plant growth. Authors: Arthur B. Robinson, Noah E. Robinson and Willie Soon. [PDF] 8. Exploratorium: Global Climate Change - Educational site provides scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the land, and their living organisms. Teaches how scientists study natural phenomena: how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions. 9. Global Boiling - Provides live satellite and sensor imagery which links sea temperatures, hurricane and typhoon strengths, melting polar icecaps, rising sea level, melting glaciers and weather patterns all over the world. 10. Global Change Vulnerabilities in the Barents Region: Linking Several Resources - BALANCE is an EU funded project (2003-2005) that follows on from BASIS (1997-1999). Its aim is to assess the vulnerabilities of the Barents Sea system to climate change based on a common modelling framework for major environmental and societal components. 11. Global Climate - Provides resources including peer reviewed articles, funding and research opportunities and recent climate news. 12. Global Warming - Provides factual information on climate change based on IPCC reports and peer reviewed papers. 13. Global Warming Bibliography - Books on global warming, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to skepticism. Provided by King's College, Cambridge. 14. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Discussion List - Mailing list subscription information and link to archives. 15. IPCC Data Distribution Centre - Established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to facilitate the distribution of up-to-date scenarios of changes in climate and related environmental and socio-economic factors for use in climate impact assessments. 16. Is Climate Sensitive to Solar Variability? - Nicola Scafetta and Bruce J. West argue that the importance of the variability of the sun's output has not been given sufficient weight when discussing the causes of climate change. [PDF] 17. NASA's Global Change Master Directory - A directory of descriptions of data sets of relevance to global change research. The GCMD database covers climate change, agriculture, the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and oceans, geology, geography, and human dimensions of global change. 18. National Resources Defense Council: Global Warming - Highlights the issues facing the United States today and suggests ways members of the public can help. 19. Nikan Oti: The Future - The project examines how two First Nations communities have taken initiatives to address adaptation and adaptive capacity to climate related risks and opportunities. 20. Save the Forest - News and information on the importance of forests as contributors to climate change amelioration. 21. The Global Warming Debate - In-depth coverage of global warming, related research and policy decisions. 22. The Green Agenda - Describes the rise of the global environmental movement and its future political agenda. 23. Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary - Electronic information source covering global warming, climate change and sea level rise with particular reference to developing nations. Maintained at University of East Anglia, England. 24. US Global Change Research Information Office - Provides access to selected bibliographic data bases, web sites at the participating Federal Agencies, relevant environmental data, catalog, and library systems and environmental education information. 25. WHO: Climate Change and Human Health - Provides links to much detailed information on climate change science and the health implications of global warming. 26. WeatherandClimate.net - Provides a weather and climate science resources to broadcast meteorologists. Offerings include climate science news, consensus reports, briefings and FAQ. 27. Telegraph.co.uk: Climate Dissent Grows Hotter as Chill Deepens - The extraordinary winter weather of 2008 in different parts of the world is discussed by Christopher Booker. (March 09, 2008) 28. Human Impacts on Climate - The updated Position Statement of the American Geophysical Union. Revised and reaffirmed in December 2007. (December, 2003) 29. Geological Society of New Zealand: Evidence for Global Warming - A statement by Professor Peter Barrett (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand) on the reality of global warming from the viewpoint of an earth scientist. 30. Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change - Full-text online version of book from the (US) National Academy of Sciences, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, a detailed investigation into differences between surface temperatures and those of the lower troposphere, concluding that the warming trend is "undoubtedly real." From National Academies Press. (July, 2000) 31. Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases - Article reviews scientific understanding of the issue of greenhouse gases and climate change, as presented in peer-reviewed publications. This understanding serves as the underlying basis of the American Geophysical Union's position statement of December 1998. (September 28, 1999) Academic Search Premiere [EBSCO]
JSTOR1. Modelling Climate Change: The Role of Unresolved Processes, Paul D. Williams, Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 363, No. 1837, Astronomy and earth science (Dec. 15, 2005), pp. 2931-2946 2. Global Temperature Change, James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Reto Ruedy, Ken Lo, David W. Lea, Martin Medina-Elizade, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 103, No. 39 (Sep. 26, 2006), pp. 14288-14293 3. Collective Action and Citizen Responses to Global Warming, Mark Lubell, Sammy Zahran, Arnold Vedlitz, Political Behavior, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 2007), pp. 391-413 4. Preparing for Climate Change: A Perspective from Local Public Health Officers in California, Louise Bedsworth, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 117, No. 4 (Apr., 2009), pp. 617-623 5. Climate Change, Global Food Supply and Risk of Hunger, Martin Parry, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Matthew Livermor, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 360, No. 1463, Food Crops in a Changing Climate (Nov. 29, 2005), pp. 2125-2138 6. The Economics of Abrupt Climate Change, Charles Perrings, Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 361, No. 1810, Abrupt Climate Change: Evidence, Mechanisms and Implications (Sep. 15, 2003), pp. 2043-2059 7. Climate Change and Ground Water, Hugo A. Loáiciga, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 93, No. 1 (Mar., 2003), pp. 30-41 8. Abrupt Climate Change: Can Society Cope?, Mike Hulme, Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 361, No. 1810, Abrupt Climate Change: Evidence, Mechanisms and Implications (Sep. 15, 2003), pp. 2001-2021 Research Library ProQuest [LAPL card required]
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