Global Warming

See Also:
        eBook - Alternative Energy  
      eBook - Lucent Library of Science and Technology: Energy Alternatives
       Database - Social Issues Resources (SIRS)

US Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change Site
EPA's Climate Change Site offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society – communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments.

Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
Provides a series of maps with markers that when clicked, explain exactly what symptoms of Global Warming have occurred in that area.  The maps begin with a world map and work down to regional maps.

Union of Concerned Scientists:  Global Warning Page
The Union of Concerned Scientists was established to encourage our nation's policy makers to preserve the core values of science and science-based decision making.  This is their page dedicated to current problems with climate change.  The problems and concerns are discussed as well as possible solutions.

Natural Resources Defense Council:  Global Warming Site
The NRDC is an environmental action organization of more than 1.2 million members dedicated to use science and the law to protect the planet's wildlife, wild places and environment. 

NRDC Links to Other Climate Change Sites
Reference sites and Links provided by the Natural Resources Defense Council.  More than twenty additional links to sites that deal with Global Warming. 

An Inconvenient Truth
The companion page for the movie.  This page includes information about the science behind the movie as well as downloads, news and blogs about global warming.  It also offers a number of ideas that concerned individuals can do to help, at home, on the road, and in the community.

NOAA Global Warming Page
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.  It was established to track weather using sixteen meteorological satellites.  The data it collects has been used to create this site on global warming in a question and answer format.

Global Warming Photographs
Photographic documentation of global climate change provided by Gary Braasch.  Funding for this research comes from the Blue Earth Alliance and is supported by numerous colleges, universities, individuals, and private organizations.  This is a very extensive study with great photography and information.

NewScientist Environment:  Climate Change Page
NewScientist is a magazine dedicated to Science and Technology.  Its web page includes breaking news, an archive of over 60,000 articles, special reports, and a special "explore by subject" section.  This section deals with the information that they have provided on climate change.