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Common Questions about Climate Change

http://www.gcrio.org/ipcc/qa/cover.html

Frequently asked questions about climate change and global warming are answered in this page from the United Nations Environment Programme.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Global Warming Site

http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/

A special section for kids and educators is available at this global warming site from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Global Change Data and Information System

http://globalchange.gov/

Links to government agencies, publications, and press releases are provided by this site.

Global Climate Change: Selective List of Online Resources

http://www.pacinst.org/ccresource.html

Online resources, separated by subject, are linked to through this clearinghouse site.

Global Climate Change Student Guide

http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/gccsg/

This guide is geared to undergraduates and serves as an introduction to climate change science, including climate modeling, the climate system, and more.

Global Warming: Early Warning Signs

http://www.climatehotmap.org/

An interactive map provides information on early warning signs that are likely to become more and more common as the climate continues to change.

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

http://www.pewclimate.org/

“The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization dedicated to providing credible information, straight answers and innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change.”

United States Global Change Research Program

http://www.usgcrp.gov/

A variety of information is available at this web site.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

http://unfccc.int/

Issues being examined, country information, official documents, and more can be accessed through this United Nations web page.

World Resources Institute: Climate and Atmosphere

http://www.wri.org/climate/index.html

Link to internal sites on publications and case studies, as well as external links.

Related Academy Sites

Earth Day Bibliography

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/earthd.htm

Ocean Paleontology

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/oceanpaleo.htm

Includes information on paleoclimatology.

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BOOKS

Abrahamson, Dean Edwin, ed. The Challenge of Global Warming. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, c1989. Main QC981.8 .G56 C42 1989.

Alverson, Keith D. and Thomas Pedersen. Environmental Variability and Climate Change. [Stockholm]: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, [2001]. Main Serials QC903 .I32 no. 3.

Baliño, Beatriz M., Michael J.R. Fasham, and Margaret C. Bowles, eds. Ocean Biogeochemistry and Global Change: JGOFS Research Highlights, 1998-2000. Stockholm, Sweden: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, [2001]. Main Serials QC903 .I32 no.2.

California Energy Commission, Energy Technology Development Division, Technology Evaluation Office. Global Climate Change: Potential Impacts & Policy Recommendation. [Sacramento?]: The Commission, [1991]. Main QC903 .G56 1991 vols. 1 & 2.

Edgerton, Lynne T. The Rising Tide: Global Warming and World Sea Levels. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, c1991. Pub QC981.8 .G56 E34 1991.

Gates, David Murray. Climate Change and its Biological Consequences. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, c1993. Main QH545 .T4 G38 1993.

Global Change: Our World in Transition. Bonn, Germany: Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, Public Relations Division, [1991]. Biodiv REF QE501.3 .G55 1991.

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. A Study of Global Change. Stockholm, Sweden: IGBP Secretariat, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, [1998?]. Main Serials QC903 .G56.

Knox, Joseph B. and Ann Foley Scheuring, eds. Global Climate Change and California: Potential Impacts and Responses. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1991. Biodiv & Main QC981.8 .C5 G57 1991.

Minger, Terrell J. Greenhouse Glasnost: The Crisis of Global Warming: Essays. New York: Ecco Press; [Salt Lake City, Utah]: Institute for Resource Management, c1990. Biodiv QC981.8 .G56 G74 1990.

Mortensen, Lynn L., ed. Global Change Education Resource Guide. [Boulder, CO]: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, [1996?]. Biodiv QC981.8 .C5 G563 1996.

Nunn, Patrick D. Environmental Change in the Pacific Basin: Chronologies, Causes, Consequences. Chichester, West Sussex, England;  New York: Wiley, c1999. Main GC771 .N86 1999.

Ohio State University. Activities for the Changing Earth System: Curriculum Activities for Teaching About Global Environmental Changes. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University Research Foundation, c1993. Biodiv QC981.8 .C5 A188 1993.

Peters, Robert L. and Thomas E. Lovejoy, eds. Global Warming and Biological Diversity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, c1992. Main QH543 .G56 1992.

Revkin, Andrew. Global Warming Understanding the Forecast. New York: Abbeville Press, 1992. Biodiv QC981.8 .G56 R48 1992.

Ryan, John C. Over our Heads: A Local Look at Global Climate. Seattle, WA: Northwest Environment Watch, c1997. Biodiv QC981.8 .C5 R93 1997.

Singer, S. Fred. Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate. Oakland, CA: Independent Institute, c1997. Pub QC981.8 .G56 S55 1997.

Somerville, Richard. The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1996. Biodiv QC879.7 .S66 1996.

Steffan, Will and Peter Tyson, eds. Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure. [Stockholm]: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, c2001. Main Serials QC903 .I32 no.4.

Stewart, Thomas R., Jeryl L. Mumpower, and Patricia Reagan-Cirincione. Scientists' Agreement and Disagreement About Global Climate Change: Evidence from Surveys. Albany, NY: Center for Policy Research, Graduate School of Public Affairs, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York, [1992]. Main QC981.8 .C5 S73 1992.

Thompson, Russell D. and Allen Perry, eds. Applied Climatology: Principles and Practice. London;  New York: Routledge, 1997. Main QC981 .A57 1997.

Veroustraete, F., et al., eds. Vegetation, Modelling and Climatic Change Effects. The Hague, The Netherlands: SPB Academic Pub., c1994. Bot QK754.5 .V42 1994.

World Climate News. Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization, 1992-. Biodiv Serials.

Wright, H. E., Jr., et al., eds. Global Climates Since the Last Glacial Maximum. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, c1993. Main QC981.8 .C5 G5 1993.

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VIDEOS

Generation Earth: A Look at Environmental Education. Torrence, CA: Earth Endeavors, 1996. (44 min.) Biodiv GE80 .G46 1996.

Greenhouse Crisis: The American Response. Cambridge, MA: The Union of Concerned Scientists, 1989. (11 min.) Biodiv QC912.3 .G73 1989.

Introduction to Our Global Environment. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 1994. (10 min.) Biodiv GE140 .I57 1994.

Spaceship Earth: Our Global Environment. Los Angeles: Worldlink, 1991. (25 min.) Biodiv TD170 .S62 1991.

Stopping the Coming Ice Age. Berkeley, CA: Institute for a Future; [Oakland, CA: Distributed by the Video Project], c1988. Biodiv QC981.8 .C5 S76 1988.

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Materials with call numbers Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, and Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.

March 2002 -- updated October 2003