This is a page of links on Global Warming issues. You'll find a range of sites covering; warming of the earth, global warming, human impacts,surface temperature, earth,
human activities, greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide), early warning signs, heat waves, unusually warm weather, sea level rise, coastal flooding, glaciers melting, arctic, antarctic, spreading disease, coral bleaching,
greenhouse gases, climate warming, el ninos, hydrological, atmospheric/oceanic circulation,changing climate variables, sea level rising...
Woods Hole Global Warming Research Center The Warming of the Earth. A beginner's guide to understanding the issue of global warming.
"Whereas in the past human impacts were local, reversible, and escapable through migration, they are now typically, global, irreversible, and inescapable."
- Paul Ehrlich
EPA Global Warming Site According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated warming during the past two decades. There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities. Human activities have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
Global Warming: Early Warning Signs The Earth is heating up. The early warning signs are in.
Site has a map to let you find out where it's happening.
FINGERPRINTS (Direct manifestations of a widespread and long-term trend toward warmer global temperatures): Heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather, Sea level rise and coastal flooding, Glaciers melting, Arctic and Antarctic warming
HARBINGERS (Events that foreshadow the types of impacts likely to become more frequent and widespread with continued warming): Spreading disease, Earlier spring arrival,
Plant and animal range shifts and population declines,
Coral reef bleaching,
Downpours,
heavy snowfalls,
and flooding Droughts and fires
NOAA - Global Warming
Provides a FAQ on:the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, climate warming, El Ninos, hydrological, atmospheric/oceanic circulation changing, climate variables and extreme, sea level rising.
Can the observed changes be explained by natural variability?
Focus on the Future
Global Warming: Focus on the Future
Interactive site: The website encourages visitors to learn about the history of the issue, examines why the recent changes to the atmosphere are a problem, and empowers them to help solve the problem by giving specific examples of ways they can help to reduce emissions of gases that cause Global Warming.
Global Warming International Center - (GWIC)
International body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governamental, non-governamental organizations, and industries in more than 145 countries. It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming and its mitigation.
The Global Warming International Center sponsors the annual Global Warming International Conference & Expo, and the Executive Workshop on Industry Technology and Greenhouse Gas Emission, which facilitates international exchange and provides the most up-to-date hands-on workshop for corporation and utilites executives.
NOAA- Global Warming Paleo Perspective on Global Warming. Has current research and an image gallery.
NOAA's Paleoclimatology Program is working with scientists from around the world to study past climate in hopes of achieving a better understanding of the Earth's present and future climate. This site was developed to help educate, inform and highlight the importance of paleoclimate research; as well as to show how paleoclimate research relates to global warming and other important issues of climate variability and change.
The last decade of the 20th Century was the warmest in the entire global instrumental temperature record, starting in the mid-19th century. All 10 years rank among the 15 warmest, and include the 6 warmest years on record.This warmth is unusual for the past century, but what about in the context of past centuries or millennia? It is only through the reconstruction of past climate that we can truly evaluate the magnitude of this warming.
Union of Concerned Scientists - Global Warming
Public information from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Climate scientists have linked the increased levels of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere to human activities, in particular the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas for heating and electricity; gasoline for transportation), deforestation, cattle ranching, and rice farming.
Focus: Common Sense on Climate Change. Practical solutions to global warming >> The Science of Invasive Species, an in-depth look into one of the most serious threats to global biodiversity >>, The Second Warmest Year on Record. The elevated temperatures of 2001 continue a disturbing trend >>, Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region explores the impacts of global warming and human activities >>, The link between forests and climate change >>, Scientists issue rebuttal to The Skeptical Environmentalist >> by Bjørn Lomborg, Logging Off, a new report on ways to stop industrial logging in high biodiversity value forests >>.
Cooler Heads Coalition seems to be comprised of a group of those with a vested interest in maintainig the status quo. However, maybe they have a useful function in ensuring that claims about global warming are properly validated.
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