Web Links to Information About Climate Change
Many of these sites have more information than what I have
listed. The more generic sites also have reports on information
other than climate change and reports that are about the environment in
general, which may include climate change as well as other aspects of
the environment.
Many of the reports have a summary that is readable online or
downloadable, and in some cases the full report or chapters are
downloadable free.
National Academy of Sciences Reports.
Who
is the National Academy of Sciences?
Ecological
Impacts of Climate Change (2008)
Advancing
the Science of Climate Change (2010)
Limiting
the Magnitude of Climate Change (2010)
Adapting
to the Impacts of Climate Change (2010)
Informing
an Effective Response to Climate Change (2010)
Understanding
and Responding to Climate Change booklet (2008)
Hidden
Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use
(2009)
The
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation (2008)
Surface
Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years (2006)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reports
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (AR4)
Working
Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis"
Working
Group II Report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"
Working
Group III Report "Mitigation of Climate Change"
The
AR4 Synthesis Report
United Nations Environment Programme
Climate
Change Science Compendium 2009
(an annual snapshot of how the science has been evolving since the
publication of the IPCC’s fourth report.) Download the
entire report or individual chapters on Earth Systems, Earth's Ice,
Earth's Oceans, Earth's Ecosystems, or Systems Management.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Who is
the Pew Center and Who Participates In Its Work?
Key
Scientific Developments Since the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2009)
Realities
vs. Misconceptions about the Science of Climate Change
U.S.
Agriculture and Climate Change Legislation (2010)
Clean
Energy Markets: Jobs and Opportunities (2010)
What
Are Some States and Regions of the U.S. Doing Now About Climate Change?
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
State of the Climate 2009 (online)
State of
the Climate, Monthly summaries (2010)
Environmental Protection Agency
Climate Change
Indicators in the U.S. (report or slideshow)
Carbon Footprint Calculator (Household)
Explore
Automobile Fuel Economy
Improve
Your Car's Fuel Economy
Myths about Fuel
Economy
How Hybrids Work
Tax Credits for
Hybrids
Federal Trade Commission
"Gas-Saving"
Products: Fact or Fuelishness?