Climate Change
The websites listed on this page span the range from present-day climate change and past climate conditions (as extracted from palaeoclimate and documentary records), to adaptation and mitigation strategies as well as attribution studies. Most of the sites are either governmental or academic in nature. Resources for educators and kids are also included.
Government Agency Sites
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- OURANOS climate links
- U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
- U.S. Climate Change Science Program
- NCDC global warming FAQ
- NCDC/NOAA Climate Timeline
- NASA Global Climate Change
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA State and Local Climate and Energy Program
- NOAA Climate Services website
- NOAA Climate Program Office
Academic / Non-government Agencies
- Climate change collection
- AAAS Climate Change Town Hall
- APA Psychology & global climate change report
- Emerging Science - Weather and Climate Change
- A Concept Mapping Assessment of Climate Change Concepts
(scroll down to Climate to find the section on Assessing Students' Knowledge about Global Climate Change Using Concept Maps)
K-12 Resources
- Satellites, Weather and Climate (SWAC)
- NASA Climate Change website for grades 4-6
- NCAR Energy Choices & Cimate Change Activity for grades 6-12
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Climate kids corner
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change kids site
- U.S. Global Change Research Program - For Educators
- NOAA Education resources - For Educators & students
Climate literacy
"Today more than ever, being climate literate is a critical skill and knowledge area that influences our interaction with the environment around us, our understanding of scientific news and the daily decisions that we make. Climate literacy deals with the complexity and interconnectedness of hydrometeorologic patterns (e.g. droughts, cold spells) over space and time, the role that humans exert and the ability to "act accordingly" having understood the above, as well as the recognition of bias or the change in behavior due to a deeper appreciation of an issue or concept" (Dupigny-Giroux, 2010)
This page brings together some of the leading peer-reviewed and vetted resources around achieving a climate literate citizenry.
Climate Literacy Resources
- Climate Literacy Network
- Climate Literacy. The Essential Principles of Climate Science
- Windows to the Universe
- Encyclopedia of Earth's Climate Literacy Handbook
- Dupigny-Giroux, L.-A.L. (2010) "Addressing the challenges of climate science literacy: Lessons from students, teachers & lifelong learners", Geography Compass, 4/9 (2010): 1203–1217, 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00368.x.
- Satellites, Weather and Climate (SWAC) - An NSF Climate Literacy Professional Development Program for K-12 Educators
- CLEAN (Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
- NOAA Climate Website