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.
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.
ClimateCrisis - Explains what global warming is, why it should concern you and what you can do about it.
Climatic Change: The Truth - Extract from a speech given by Dr. Claes T.G. Linden, President of the Live Planet Foundation.
EcoAction - Canadian government site reporting official actions concerning climate change, and suggesting ways people can help.
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.
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]
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.
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.
Global Change - An elementary introduction to the problems surrounding man-made climate change.
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.
Global Climate - Provides resources including peer reviewed articles, funding and research opportunities and recent climate news.
Global Warming - Provides factual information on climate change based on IPCC reports and peer reviewed papers.
Global Warming - Raising awareness about global warming and alternative energy.
Global Warming - Provides an introduction to this topic, its causes, effects and control measures.
Global Warming Bibliography - Books on global warming, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to skepticism. Provided by King's College, Cambridge.
The Global Warming Debate - In-depth coverage of global warming, related research and policy decisions.
Global Warming International Center (GWIC) - International body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, sponsoring research. Serving governmental, non-governmental organizations, and industries in more than 120 countries. Conducts the Global Warming International Conference and Expo and publishes a journal.
The Green Agenda - Describes the rise of the global environmental movement and its future political agenda.
Green Sword - Campaigning website which aims to shape people's understanding, attitude and behaviour in relation to the environment and play a significant role in the fight against climate change
Hot Climate - Offers information on climate change, energy and the carbon cycle, global investment figures and worldwide policies.
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.
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]
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.
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.
Save the Forest - News and information on the importance of forests as contributors to climate change amelioration.
SourceWatch - Portal: Climate Change - Information resource investigating key aspects of climate change policy and debate. Includes articles, who's who, skeptics corner, COP15 and things to do.
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.
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.
WeatherandClimate.net - Provides a weather and climate science resources to broadcast meteorologists. Offerings include climate science news, consensus reports, briefings and FAQ.
WHO: Climate Change and Human Health - Provides links to much detailed information on climate change science and the health implications of global warming.
Wikibooks - Climate Change - Provides information on the science, evidence of change, causes, effects, and mitigation strategies. From the open-content textbook collection.
Wikipedia - Climate Change - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about climate change over millions of years, including causes and physical evidence.
Wikipedia - Global Warming - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the trends, climate models, feedback, attributed and expected effects, responses, debate and skepticism.
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 1, 2000)
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)
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