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100 VIEWS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Comprehensive resources from ChangingClimates @ CSU!

IPCC FIFTH ASSESSMENT REPORT

  • Summary for Policymakers
  • Technical Summary
  • Physical Science Basis (website for full 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

  • Scijinks at NASA
  • American Museum of Natural History
  • Lecture at University of Michigan

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

  • Seasonal cycle at McGraw-Hill 
  • Seasonal sunlight 

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

  • Biomes and Climate 
  • World Climate Map
  • Climate Charts

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 Projections (IPCC AR4)
  • Atlas of Global & Regional Projections (IPCC AR5)

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

  • Managing Risks of Extreme Events (IPCC SREX)
  • Extreme Weather (Series in Scientific American)
    • Part 1 “Storm Warnings“
    • Part 2 “Science of Extreme Weather”
    • Part 3 “Extreme Weather in the Future”
  • 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

OTHER ONLINE COURSES

  • Open Climate 101  
  • Online Textbook at Universite Catholique de Loouvain 
  • Climate 101: How the Climate Works
  • Climate 201: Modern Climate Change
  • ATS 760: Global Carbon Cycle

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  • TA: Justin Whitaker (ENGR A102F; Th 11-1)
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