Climate Change

Climate Change

Climate Change

Cassandra 1; Cassandra 2
Global Warming and Climate Change
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Global Warming
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Vital Signs of a Warming World ASSIGNMENT: WATCH ME!!! JUST DO NORTH AMERICA AND GREENLAND
For and Against
Annual Reports
- Nature Reports: Climate Change (PDF is here)
- New Scientist Reports
- Goldilocks and the Greenhouse
- Age of Consequences
- IPCC Main page (Get synthesis report or get full report)
- Movie from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS main page is here)
- Abrupt Climate Change (Department of Defense 2003) READ FOR CONTENT!!!
- Climate Research and National Security
- Climate change can spark wars
- UN warns of climate change
- UN Warns of Climate Setbacks
- A new Antarctica map! Main site is here. Map is here.
Carbon
- Unexpected Growth in CO₂
- Oceans Soaking up LessCO₂
- Polar Oceans Soaking up Less
- Need for Carbon Sink Technologies
Records
- Global Warming Underestimated
- Arctic Ice at a Record Low
- Sea ice is melting faster than expected.
- Record Melt in Arctic and Greenland
- Ground frozen since ice age thaws
- Dead on Arrival: Positive Feedback and Catastrophic Change
- "Heat Waves will Increase in Severity" in Secret Readings
- 20,000 Dead (Global Warming)
- Record Drought in the Amazon
- 350,000,000 trees lost to Katrina
- How Dry I Am
- Tropics Expand
Record Temperatures
- 1998
- 1999 (Map)
- 2000 (Map)
- 2001 (Map)
- 2002 (Map)
- 2003 (Map)
- 2004 (Map)
- 2005 (Map)
- 2006 (Map)
Polar Regions
- What's Happening to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?
- Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- More Glacier Pix!!!
- Hear about the melts here.
- Water World
- Arctic Thaw here.
- Sea ice is melting faster than expected.
- Predictions for Canadian Permafrost is here.
- No Escape- Arctic thaw gains momentum
- Ground frozen since ice age thaws
- Inuit see signs in arctic thaw.
- Read about the Arctic's problems here.
- A new Antarctica map! Main site is here. Map is here.
- Arctic Melt Map
Weather-Related
- New hurricane categories may be needed.
- Hurricane Katrina
- Time to connect the dots
- Atlanta Drought
- How Dry I Am
Disease
- Tropical Disease Reading
- Global Warming Causing Disease to Rise
Water
- Asian-Pacific Islands Urge Climate Action
- Thermohaline current is slowing down
- Rising Seas Could Threaten Drinking Water
Technological Fixes:
- Carbon Sink Technologies
- Smoke and mirrors
- Geoengineering
- Ocean Fertilization
  - CNN news here
  - Convention discourages ocean fertilization
  - Legal Aspects
- Acid Rain and Sulphur
  - (News)
  - More is here (details)
- Space Mirrors
  - 600,000 square miles
- Giant Pipes
  - Lovelock
- Study Shows How US Can Cut Emissions By 28%
- Biofuels
  - Definition
  - Food
  - Myths
  - Food Prices
  - deforestation diesel
  - Uganda
  - Starve the Poor
  - Bush and Ethanol There's a short video clip on Bush and ethanol HERE
  - Coal-fired Ethanol Plants
  - Feed SUVs
Miscellaneous
- Nature Reports: Climate Change (PDF is here)
- New Scientist Reports
- Experts cite strong evidence of global warming.
- Thermohaline current is slowing down
- See also EPA Global Warming Site for Additional Information and Resources
- Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences: Global Warming
- Global Warming Underestimated
- No Stopping Global Warming
- How Electric Power is Produced
- China's Power Plants
- Climate Change Resource Page
- Climate Change 2001- The Climate System: An Overview
  - Read sections 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3
  - How Much is the World Warming? Read sections 2.2 through 2.2.2.4
- Species Scramble to Adjust to Warming
- How Climate Change Alters Rhythms of the Wild.
- House sets higher goal for fuel efficiency
- US and Brazil argue on "green list"
Technological "Fixes":
- Geoengineering
- Ocean Fertilization
  - CNN news here
  - Convention discourages ocean fertilization
  - Legal Aspects
- Acid Rain and Sulphur
  - (News)
  - More is here (details)
- Space Mirrors
  - 600,000 square miles
- Giant Pipes
  - Lovelock
- Study Shows How US Can Cut Emissions By 28%
- Biofuels
  - Definition
  - Food
  - Myths
  - Food Prices
  - deforestation diesel
  - Uganda
  - Starve the Poor
  - Bush and Ethanol There's a short video clip on Bush and ethanol HERE
  - Coal-fired Ethanol Plants
  - Feed SUVs
Skeptics
- World Climate Report
- Science and Environmental Report Project

Effects on the Inhabitants of Ecosystems

Ecosystems and Their Goods and Services
- Effects of Global Change on the Terrestrial Biosphere. Read sections 5.2-5.2.4.4
- Responses of Wildlife and Impacts on Goods and Services. Read sections 5.4.3-5.4.3.1.4
- Impacts of Goods and Services with Market Values. Read sections 5.4.3.3 - 5.4.3.3.7
Ocean and Fresh Water
- Coral Bleaching and the Great Barrier
- Half of coral reefs now gone
- Flying Squid Move Northward
- Fish fry
Plants & Algae
- Changing Climate and the Effect on Plant Life
- Grassland Vegetation Changes and Nocturnal Global Warming
- Simulating the effects of climate change on tropical montane cloud forests
- Biomass Decline in Amazonian Forest Fragments.
- See "climate impact on plankton" in secret readings
- Climate change is delaying spring in some areas
- Why Autumn colors are so late
Birds
- Climate Change and Distribution of Birds. Listen
- Climate change and birds
- Rising number of birds at risk
Our Friends, the Frogs
- Climate Change and Amphibian Decline. A little more from the lab is here.
- Premature Frog Calls
- Amphibian declines and malformations
- Amphibian Count Database
Miscellaneous
- Locusts in Kenya
- Species Scramble to Adjust to Warming
- How Climate Change Alters Rhythms of the Wild
Mammals
- Bears under threat
- Polar bear and seal migration routes
- Polar bear pix are HERE
- Warm Weather is Keeping Russian Bears Awake
- Fun in the Arctic!