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100 VIEWS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Comprehensive resources from ChangingClimates @ CSU!
IPCC FIFTH ASSESSMENT REPORT
CLIMATE CHANGE OVERVIEW
- Frequently Asked Questions (IPCC FAQ)
- Discovery of Global Warming
- RealClimate.org (Start Here!)
- National Academies of Science
- Global Warming (NASA Earth Observatory)
- Essential Principles of Climate Science
- Climate Primer (Exploratorium)
THE EARTH SYSTEM
- How the Earth Works
- Structure of the Earth (Wikipedia)
- Plate Tectonics at Wikipedia
- Seafloor spreading at McGraw-Hill.com
GEOLOGIC TIME
- Smithsonian Geologic Time Explorer
- Chart at Chronos.com
- Animated Chart
- Origin and History of the Earth (Wikipedia)
- PaleoGeography
EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
- Electromagnetic radiation (Wikipedia)
- Electromagnetic spectrum at NASA
- EM Physics at CU
- Radiation at Encyclopedia of Earth
- Electromagnetic waves moving through space
WHAT IS ENERGY?
- What is Energy?
- Methods of Heat Transfer
- Energy (Wikipedia)
- Forms of Energy
- Energy Conversions
- Energy conversions in downhill skiing
- Molecules in Motion
PLANETARY ENERGY BALANCE
- Energy Budget (Wikipedia)
- Earth’s Energy Budget at NASA
- Surface Energy Budget at NASA
- American Chemical Society
- University of Texas
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
- Greenhouse Effect (Wikipedia)
- Atmospheric Radiation & Greenhouse Effect
- NCAR Learning Pages
- National Geographic
PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, BUOYANCY
- Atmospheric Pressure (Universe Today)
- Atmospheric Pressure (Wikipedia)
- Equation of State (Wikipedia)
- Buoyancy of an “air parcel”
- Pressure and Buoyancy
- Buoyancy (Wikipedia)
RADIATION AND SEASONS
WINDS AND OCEAN CURRENTS
- Amazing wind animation (MUST SEE!)
- Rotating Globe Animation
- ONR Ocean Currents
- Thermohaline Circulation(Wikipedia)
- Richardson Forecast Factory
CLIMATES OF THE WORLD
CLIMATE FORCING AND FEEDBACK
- Climate Forcing (NOAA)
- Climate Forcing (OSS)
- Climate Forcing (RealClimate)
- Forcing & Sensitivity (National Academies Press)
- Climate Sensitivity (Wikipedia)
- Climate Sensitivity (SkepticalScience)
- Climate Feedback (NOAA)
- Climate Feedback (Wikipedia)
CLIMATES OF THE PAST
- Paleoclimate (Wikipedia)
- Paleo-temperature records on many time scales
- Origin of the Moon at Planetary Science Institute
- Habitability of PaleoEarth (University of Puerto Rico)
- All Things Cretaceous
- K-T Extinction
- K-T Impact @ Columbia
- Milankovitch Cycles at the Azimuth Project
- Milankovitch Tutorial at ScienceCourseWare.org
- Richard Alley explains Milankovitch at National Geographic
- Animated Milankovitch Cycles at McGraw Hill
- Ice Ages: Milankovitch meets Budyko
- Paleo Sea Level on Many Timescales
- Solar Forcing of Climate
- Ice cores and tiny bubbles
- Ice core science
- 800,000 Years of CO2 (NOAA)
- 1000 Years of Climate Forcing
CARBON CYCLE
- Carbon Cycle (Wikipedia)
- Case of the Missing Carbon (Natl Geographic)
- Global Carbon Project
- Carbon and Climate
- NASA Earth Observatory
- Free Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE)
- Carbon flux tower network (FluxNet)
- Ocean Acidification (NOAA)
ATMOSPHERIC CO2
- Measurements of CO2 (NOAA)
- CarbonTracker (NOAA)
- CO2 in the Atmosphere (Keeling Curve)
- Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO)
- Total Column Carbon Observing Network
FOSSIL FUELS and ENERGY
- EPA Emissions Data
- US Emissions are Declining (NREL)
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies = $1.9 Trillion (WaPo)
- Project VULCAN at Arizona State University
- ODIAC Fossil Fuel Emissions Inventory
RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE
- NASA Temperature Record (GISS TEMP)
- Hadley Center Climate Research Unit Temperature (HADCRUT4)
- State of the Climate (NOAA NCDC)
- Climate Change Indicators in the US (EPA)
- National Climate Data Center Reconstructions
- 131 Years of Warming in 26 Seconds (NASA)
- Extreme Ice Survey
CLIMATE MODELS
- Global climate models (Wikipedia)
- Climate Modeling 101 (National Academies)
- Physics of Climate Modeling (NASA)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ, RealClimate)
- ClimatePrediction.net
- Near-term Projections & Predictability (IPCC AR5)
CLIMATE IN THE 21st CENTURY
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
- Managing Risks of Extreme Events (IPCC SREX)
- Extreme Weather (Series in Scientific American)
- Increases in Droughts
- Migration of Animal Species
- Climate, Poverty, and Human Health
- Human Health Effects (National Inst of Health)
- Sociology of Climate Change (NSF)
THE LONG TAIL (DISTANT FUTURE)
- How long will global warming last?
- Carbon is Forever (Nature Climate Change)
- The Long Thaw (Kindle Book)
- Millennial Atmospheric Lifetime of Anthropogenic CO2
ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate Change Economics (Congressional Budget Office)
- Climate Change Economics
- Costs of Climate Change
- Climate Finance
- Climate Change Economics (Paul Krugman, NYT)
- The World Bank
- Profit from Climate Solutions (Bloomberg Business)
- Carbon Tax vs Cap-and-Trade
- Social Cost of Carbon
- Adaptation to Global Warming (Wikipedia)
CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS
- Climate Change Mitigation (Wikipedia)
- Reasons for Optimism (HuffPost)
- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Ed Mazria on Architecture and Climate Change (video)
- Renewable Energy Charts & Graphs
- Clean Energy Innovation (Google)
- Renewable Energy Growth (National Geographic)
- CSU Extension Energy Resources
- Secret to Solar Power (NYT)
- Union of Concerned Scientists
CLIMATE POLICY AND POLITICS
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Climate Change Politics (Wikipedia)
- Emissions Gap Report 2013 (UN Environment Program)
- US State Department Climate Change Policy
- US Environmental Protection Agency Climate Policy
- Center for Climate & Energy Solutions — Policy
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
- Western Climate Initiative (WCI)
- US Mayors Climate Protection Program
- City of Fort Collins Climate Program