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Weather Phenomena :: Meteorology
Biodiversity :: Environment
Environment :: Issues

A Consortium for the Application of Climate Impact Assessments (ACACIA) - Aims to increase knowledge of the science of climate change and variability. Includes data sets, details of current projects, events, and publications, and links to related web sites.
Meta Description: [ ACACIA: A Consortium for the Application of Climate Impact Assessments seeks to advance the sciences of climate change and variability, and climate impact assessment; focuses on the impacts of human activities on climate and the environment, in the context of the natural variability in these sy... ]

Assessment of Knowledge on Impacts of Climate Change - 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.

Climate Change Linked to Civilization Collapse - National Geographic News story about the hypothesis that past climate variations led to the collapse of civilizations, with speculation on the implications for our society's future.
Meta Description: [ Climate Change Linked to Civilization Collapse. Two scientists have linked climate variations to the collapse of societies around the globe. Sometimes slight, sometimes intense, the scientists argue in last months Sciencethat the changes were enough to forever
alter the lifestyles of th... ]

Climate Change Threatens a Million Species with Extinction - Detailed press release reporting a study of biodiversity-rich regions. Computer models project the future movements and distributions of many species of plants, birds, animals, and insects, in response to changing conditions. From the School of Biology, University of Leeds.

Climate Monitor - 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.

Effects of Climate Change on Protected Areas - 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. [PDF]

Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) - A collection of distributed information systems operated by government agencies involved in global change research. Includes multidisciplinary data from atmospheric science, ecology, oceanography, economics and sociology.

Global Change Master Directory - Database including descriptions of several Earth science fields: the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and oceans, snow and ice, geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, and human dimensions of global change.
Meta Description: [ The Global Change Master Directory is a comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data, including a broad coverage of global warming, the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global change. FGDC Clearinghouse Node (NASA). ]

Global Climate Change and Biodiversity - 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.
Meta Description: [ This summary report from the international conference Global Climate Change and Biodiversity presents some of the latest scientific research into how the natural world is being affected by climate change – and also how the natural world might respond in the future. ]

Global Sea Level Change: Determination and Interpretation - Full text of a detailed report published by the American Geophysical Union.

Global Warming and Hurricanes - Examines the likely changes in worldwide hurricane activity in the 21st century. Includes graphs and diagrams, links to theoretical papers, and a research report.
Meta Description: [ Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory conducts research in atmospheric, climate, and ocean sciences. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ]

Global Warming Facts and Our Future - 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.
Meta Description: [ Is the climate warming? Are we the cause? These questions are at the heart of today’s public debate about global warming. Conflicting opinions are everywhere, but now is your chance to cut through the noise and discover the facts. Through exciting, hands-on displays you can explore some of th... ]

Global Warming Map: Early Warning Signs - Illustrates observed consequences, as indicated by periods of unusually warm weather, coastal flooding, and changes in glaciers and polar regions.
Meta Description: [ The Earth is heating up. The early warning signs of global climate change are in -- heat waves and warmer weather, spreading disease, earlier spring arrival, plant and animal range shifts and population declines, sea level rise and coastal flooding, coral reef bleaching, glaciers melting, Arctic ... ]

Gulf Stream Shutdown - 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.
Meta Description: [ Metadirectory of information on the Gulf Stream Shutdown ]

Habitat: Climate Change - 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.
Meta Description: [ Global warming is one of the gravest threats facing wildlife today. Plants and animals are in real danger of falling victim because their habitat is changing too rapidly for them to keep up. ]

Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group - The HDGC Specialty Group promotes the interests of geographers who are united by exploration of human processes that affect or are affected by environmental changes.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Working Group 2 : Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability - Assesses the scientific, technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of climate change.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) - Working Group 1 : The Scientific Basis of Climate Change - Analyses a body of observations of all parts of the climate system; catalogues increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases; assesses the processes and feedbacks which govern the climate system.

International Year of the Ocean: Impacts of Global Climate Change - 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.

404 Long Term Sea Level Change - Data and figures providing information on global sea level changes provided by tide gauge data and by the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. From the Center for Space Research, University of Texas.

500 NAS: Abrupt Climate Change - Inevitable Surprises - Detailed report on the mechanisms and possibility of rapid climate change, including the potential link with greenhouse warming.

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Project FOE03103 - 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.

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC): State of the Cryosphere - 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.

Ocean and Climate Change Institute: Abrupt Climate Change - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's study of the role of ocean circulation in climate regulation, and research into changing salt levels.

Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPD) - 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.

404 Science Daily: Earth and Climate News - A daily news update of the latest research into climate change. Includes links to archived articles about ecology and environmental science.
Meta Description: [ ScienceDaily Help Page ]

Simulation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change - 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.

Temperature Trends: Atmospheric (Satellite MSU - RSS) - 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.
Meta Description: [ MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit) and AMSU (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit) Data Products (Current and Archived) - Browse Images and Download geophysical data: atmospheric temperature ]

404 Temperature Trends: Atmospheric (Satellite MSU - UHA) - One of two conflicting analyses of atmospheric temperatures derived from satellite observations. Interactive tool showing satellite observations of regional and global trends in the lower troposphere and stratosphere. From the Global Hydrology and Climate Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Meta Description: [ Temperature anomaly data as derived from passive microwave sensors on polar orbiting weather satellites. ]

Temperature Trends: Surface (CRU) - 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.

Temperature Trends: Surface (GISS) - 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.

The Threat of Global Warming - Provides an 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.
Meta Description: [ EcoBridge.org is an environmental organization whose mission is to escalate the public's participation in helping to preserve the environment. ]

Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change - 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.

Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks - 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.

World View of Global Warming - 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.
Meta Description: [ Global warming photography - photographs of global climate change in the Arctic, Antarctica, glaciers, temperate climate zones, rising seas. ]