Climate Change Team
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Overviews of
the Science, Consequences and Solutions
Beginner's Guide to Global Warming -
a
presentation of The Woods Hole Research Center
Global Warming Facts and Our Future
- an online exhibit from the National Academy of Sciences. Excellent graphics.
IPCC – Main website with access to all reports of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, the UN group of over 600 scientists who have studied
climate change for over 18 years.
NOAA – US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration summary website
with a nice summary of IPCC findings in an FAQ format.
EPA – US Environmental Protection Agency website with helpful information on
science, effects and what you can do.
An Inconvenient Truth.
This is the website accompanying the film, citing science, possible actions,
blogs and a trailer of the film.
The Science
in More Detail
Nature – Internationally respected journal Nature compilations of
information and data.
AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science (Science
publishers) compilations of information, articles, events.
Scientific American – Listing of Scientific American journal articles
on climate change.
American Physics Society Conference
slides showing a review of energy use and climate change.
Press Sources
CS Monitor – a summary of articles, tools and information from the
Christian Science Monitor.
NY Times – a summary of articles, tools and information from the New York
Times.
Plan
B 3.0, Mobilizing to Save Civilization
by Lester R. Brown, 2008
Useful Corporate Sites
PGE – Pacific Gas and Electric site has helpful tips on energy saving,
solar, home audits, and rebates.
PGE We Can Do This – specifics on what you can do.
PGE Energy Audit – step-by-step energy audit.
What Can I Do?
Greener Choices lists some ideas in order of impact on your carbon footprint
for your home and for the road.
Carbon Footprint Calculators
Listing of Carbon Footprint Calculators and links to them is found on
www.GreenerChoices.org.
Specific Topics
Renewable Energy
Sciam on Biofuels – Scientific American article instrumental in
sparking current “food-for-fuel” debate. Yes
Cap and Trade
Big Foot,
an article in the New Yorker, February 25, 2008,
describes the complexities of going green
Energy Advances
MIT Energy Initiative – website highlighting research on energy, including
the effects of global warming and possible solutions, in which the entire
university is involved. yes
Global Dimming
Information,
articles and comments on pollution-caused solar dimming, a counter-effect which
masks the actual extent of global warming.
Nova – Dimming the Sun – companion website to a very informative Nova (PBS)
program summarizing the science and effects of pollution-caused solar dimming.
SciAm – The Darkening Earth – Aug, 2004 Scientific American article on
global dimming.
Dust can warm or cool – summary article in CS Monitor illustrating
complexity of dust interaction with climate.
