Environmental Studies
Climate Change / Global Warming
"Global warming" means the same thing as "climate change" or "global climate change." Simply put, it describes the increase in the average ground and atmospheric temperatures across the planet. Temperatures have risen between 1.08 and 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century. The consensus among scientists is that humans are to blame, largely due to vehicles, power plants, factories and other energy users burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil, and to land being cleared for development. Such actions send tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which causes the warming. Source: DailyGreen's Ecopedia.American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Global Climate-Change Resources
http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/
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Climate Ark: Climate Change and Global Warming Portal
http://www.climateark.org/
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Climate Change: A Guide to the Information and Disinformation
http://www.sej.org/resource/index18.htm
The Society for Environmental Journalists has created this special reporters' online resource . It is drawn from the Rolodexes, notebooks, and background files of some of the top reporters in the business.
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Climate Change and Global Warming
http://globalissuesweb.com/wp/?cat=11
News postings from the Global Issues Web Page.
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Climate Change Research Guide
http://guides.lib.msu.edu/page.phtml?page_id=1085
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Climate Change : Science and Solutions
Resources and Background Information
http://ncseonline.org/2008conference/cms.cfm?id=1670
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Climate Change White Paper: Appropriate Roles for Different Levels of Government
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Climate_Change/white%20paper%20st-lcl%20roles%20final%202-22.pdf
The Committee on Energy and Commerce and its Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality are issuing a series of Climate Change Legislation Design White Papers as the next step in the legislative process leading to enactment of a mandatory, economy-wide climate change program. ... This paper is intended to foster discussion of these issues by raising key factors that should be considered in determining what roles are appropriate for each level of government. Feb. 25, 2008.
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Earth 911
Climate change Page
http://earth911.org/climate-change
Climate change is a “hot” topic in the news—from its role in devastating hurricanes to record temperatures. Believe it or not, the products we buy and use effect this issue. Every process in the lifecycle of products consumes energy, which can lead to climate change. Any steps that can be taken to reduce this will benefit the environment in the long run.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
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Global Warming & Climate Change
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/globalwarmingtb.html
Library of Congress Science Tracer Bullet 06-6
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Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
In 2007, the IPCC along with Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change".
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National Library for the Environment
Congressional Research Service Reports on Energy
http://www.cnie.org/nle/
Type in climate change or global warming in the box and see what comes up.
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National Resources Defense Council
Global Warming Issues Page
http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/default.asp
Global warming is already affecting the world we know, endangering polar bears, shortening ski seasons and creating more intense storms. This web page includes sections on Global Warming Basics, Consequences of Global Warming, Global Warming Solutions, and Legislation to Control Global Warming Pollution.
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Native Energy
http://www.nativeenergy.com/pages/why_carbon_offsets/11.php
Read about carbon offsets and global warming.
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United Nations Climate Change Portal
http://www.un.org/climatechange/
Also called Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
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United Nations Environmental Program : Climate Change
http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange/
Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time. Recent events have emphatically demonstrated our growing vulnerability to climate change. Climate change impacts will range from affecting agriculture- further endangering food security-, sea-level rise and the accelerated erosion of coastal zones, increasing intensity of natural disasters, species extinction and the spread of vector-borne diseases.
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U.S. Climate Change Research Program
http://www.climatescience.gov/
The Climate Change Science Program integrates federal research on climate and global change as sponsored by thirteen federal agencies.
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U.S. Global Change Research Program
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/default.php
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) supports research on the interactions of natural and human-induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society. The USGCRP began as a presidential initiative in 1989 and was codified by Congress in the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-606), which mandates development of a coordinated interagency research program.
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WorldWatch Energy and Climate Change Library : Climate Change
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5265#ClimateChange
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Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Impacts on Our Communities and Ecosystems (2003)
http://www.ucsusa.org/greatlakes/glchallengereport.html
This is a comprehensive report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Ecological Society of America, and written by leading university and government scientists in the Great Lakes region. This report examines the potential impacts of climate change upon the various ecosystems of this diverse and rich region. A Michigan Summary is also available.
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Preparing for A Changing Climate: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change in the Great Lakes Region (2000)
http://www.geo.msu.edu/glra/assessment/assessment.html#chapters
This report summarizes the methods, findings, and recommendations from the Great Lakes Regional Assessment Team regarding the potential impacts of future climate change and variability in the Great Lakes region.
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