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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Working Group 2 : Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability - http://www.ipcc-wg2.org/
Assesses the scientific, technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of climate change. Includes assessment report, publications and schedule of meetings. |
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Temperature Trends: Surface (GISS) - http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
Global Historical Climate Network data, analysed by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Includes background information, table data, individual station data, graphs, maps, animations, and references. |
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Science Daily: Earth and Climate News - http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/
A daily news update of the latest research into climate change. Includes links to archived articles about ecology and environmental science. |
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Global Warming Map: Early Warning Signs - http://www.climatehotmap.org/
Illustrates observed consequences, as indicated by periods of unusually warm weather, coastal flooding, and changes in glaciers and polar regions. |
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Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPD) - http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/
Graphical presentation from the US Government National Environment Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Includes charts for sea surface temperatures, aerosol optical thickness, coral bleaching hotspots, precipitation, volcanic ash, and a snow and ice mapping system. |
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National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC): State of the Cryosphere - http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Information on the status of sea ice, freshwater ice, snow, glaciers, and permafrost. Includes data sets with search facility, details of projects and research, news articles, and links to data providers. |
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World View of Global Warming - http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/index.html
Photographic documentation of change in the Arctic, Antarctica, glaciers, temperate climate zones, and the ocean. Focuses on effects such as shrinking glaciers, coral bleaching, insect and animal range changes, phenology, and rising sea level. |
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Ocean and Climate Change Institute: Abrupt Climate Change - http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/currenttopics/ct_abruptclimate.htm
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's study of the role of ocean circulation in climate regulation, and research into changing salt levels. |
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Temperature Trends: Surface (CRU) - http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/
Land and sea surface temperature anomalies, analysed by the Climate Research Unit, Norwich, UK. Includes scientific papers, dataset terminology, file formats, data for downloading, answers to frequently asked questions, and links to related web sites, grids, and datasets. |
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Climate Monitor - http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/climon/
Regular updates of climate and meteorological data, plus press and media commentaries. Includes monthly weather summaries and climate time visualisation, with links to the main data pages of the Climate Research Unit and relevant sites. |
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Global Warming and Hurricanes - http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~tk/glob_warm_hurr.html
Examines the likely changes in worldwide hurricane activity in the 21st century. Includes graphs and diagrams, links to theoretical papers, and a research report. |
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Global Warming Facts and Our Future - http://www.koshlandscience.org/exhibitgcc/index.jsp
An introduction to the subject, designed for teenagers and adults. Examines the greenhouse effect, carbon cycle, causes and effects, predictions, and responses to change. Includes teaching activities, links, and suggestions for further reading. From the Marian Koshland Science Museum. |
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Temperature Trends: Atmospheric (Satellite MSU - RSS) - http://www.ssmi.com/msu/msu_data_description.html
One of two conflicting analyses of atmospheric temperatures derived from satellite observations. Browse images and download data. From Remote Sensing Systems, in collaboration with the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory. |
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International Year of the Ocean: Impacts of Global Climate Change - http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/yoto/meeting/climate_316.html
A document prepared by various participating US Government agencies as a background discussion paper for this declaration. Considers the influence of the ocean in three parts: seasonal to interannual effects; decadal to centennial effects; and with an emphasis on US coastal areas. |
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Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks - http://www.nap.edu/books/0309090725/html/
An e-book version of the publication from the Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC), produced by the National Academies Press. Examines processes in the climate system that can either amplify or damp the response to changes forced by external factors. |
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Effects of Climate Change on Protected Areas - http://assets.panda.org/downloads/wwfparksbro.pdf
WWF paper that examines recent research and provides evidence that the types of environmental changes predicted in climatic models are now taking place. Studies the implications to habitats, ecosystems, species, and local food webs, in areas that are rooted in the concept of permanence. |
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Assessment of Knowledge on Impacts of Climate Change - http://www.wbgu.de/wbgu_sn2003_ex01.pdf
A detailed report for the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) into the effects of dangerous anthropogenic interference on ecosystems, food production, water, and socio-economic systems. Studies include: processes causing loss of biodiversity and ecosystem damage; processes driving species endangerment and extinction; projected effects on species and ecosystems. |
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Global Sea Level Change: Determination and Interpretation - http://www.agu.org/revgeophys/dougla01/dougla01.html
Full text of a detailed report published by the American Geophysical Union. |
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Habitat: Climate Change - http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/globalwarming/wildlife.html
An overview of the growing evidence of the sensitivity and vulnerability of natural and human systems, including brief descriptions of threats encountered by specific species: golden toad, western toad, salmon and trout, polar bears, arctic fox, chinstrap and adelie penguins, gray wolves, painted turtles, and tree swallows. |
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Gulf Stream Shutdown - http://www.gulfstreamshutdown.com
Abrupt climate change, global warming and the environment. If the Gulf Stream slows down or stops, what could be the effects? Websites, articles, books and forums. |
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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Project FOE03103 - http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/reports/exxon_impacts_study.pdf
A modeling case study by Friends of the Earth. Examines and assesses the effects of specific emissions from a particular enterprise, ExxonMobil, on atmospheric concentrations, changes in radiative forcing, changes in global mean surface temperature, and changes in sea level. |
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The Threat of Global Warming - http://www.ecobridge.org
Provides a broad overview of the subject, including notes on diverse environmental topics and links to brief essays about threatened species and habitats. From the environmental organization EcoBridge. |
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Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change - http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/IPCC/
A Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Examines the natural variability, possible trends, frequency, and intensity of severe weather activity in tropical coastal regions, and explores the potential for change in greenhouse conditions. |
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Simulation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change - http://tomix.homelinux.org/~thomas/eth/7_semester/large-scale_climate_variability_WS_2006_2007/unterlagen/edit/gillet_thompson.pdf
Observed climate trends simulated in an atmospheric model. Evidence that anthropogenic emissions of ozone-depleting gases have had a distinct effect on climate at Earth's surface as well as at stratospheric levels. |
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Global Climate Change and Biodiversity - http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2977
Summary report from an international conference presenting papers on topics that cover a cross-section of the planet's major biomes: forests, marine, high latitudes and montane, managed landscapes and coasts. |