Recommended
Global Warming Web Sites
Climate Science
The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate
Change. As well as the Third
Assessment Report (available from the
main page), there is also the results of the latest climate
sensitivity workshop.
Real
Climate - climate
scientists explain the real science behind climate change, which is
often distorted in the media.
Answers to many questions
on
global warming. A sort of global warming FAQ from Jean-Marc Jancovici.
Also in French.
The UK Met office Hadley Centre has many Technical
Notes and refereed
publications.
The US National
Centre for Atmospheric
Research has many scientific publications.
Climate Models and
Modelling
The Coupled
Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)
and in particular a report
comparing
various models (PDF).
The next generation Hadley Centre coupled model HadCEM
(there does not seem to be a good link for HadGEM) and its high
resolution counterpart HiGEM.
Climate Data
2004.pdf
- lots of CO2, CH4 emission data
The state of
the
cyrosphere, sea ice extent, etc.
The US Fleet
Numerical
Meteorology and Oceanography Center,
lots and lots of data.
Historical Carbon
Cyclc
Greenhouse Gasses including that
for Mauna Loa.
Some short term
climate
predictions and el
nino from the Center for
Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies.
Glacier mass
balance data as of 2003.
Mitigation and Action
The Environmental Sustainability Eco-Portal
contains lots of potential solutions
and advocacy
links.
The GLOBAL COMMONS INSTITUTE
(GCI), home of "Contraction and Convergence".
The Danish Wind Enegery Association guided
tour.
The European
Wind Energy Association
is the place to go for reports on European wind energy (20% increase to
34,205MW at the end of 2004) and the world (20% increase to 47,317MW).
It has useful general map.
News on Climate Change
Daily news
headlines with links on climate
change.
Yahoo on Global
Warming - links to recent
stories.
BBC Science/Nature
news often covers climate change.
The Climate Ark Climate Change Portal has a RSS news feed
(about 50 per day
- lots of near duplicates).
Blogs
Dr.
Glen Barry of Climate
Ark.
Environment
The BBC's Planet
under Pressure web site contains
lots of Climate Change information
as well as general environmental stuff.
Fossil Fuels
Is oil and gas running
out?
Some information on tar
sands in Alberta.
The US Energy
Information
Administration (EIA)
international energy statistics per country
The EIA has a report on world
energy use (PDF) for the years
1980-2001.
Specific Issues
Was an ice
age
predicted in the 1970's?
The scientific
concensus on climate change.
Drought's
Growing Reach
Trends
in Antarctic temperatures show
warming on the peninsula and mixed
(mainly non-significant) changes elsewhere.
Last
Modified: 14 March 2005