Climate Change
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- Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
- Oxford University's centre for the study of environmental change: causes, impacts and remediation.
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- NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder
- Microwave radar scatterometers measure wind over the ocean from space. Their data is usefule for monitoring climate conditions. This site provides access to climate record data from the Seasat, NSCAT, ERS-1/2 and SeaWinds scatterometers in image form to support climate change studies.
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- Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative
- Describes the university-wide effort to understand the impacts of climate change on our society and the environment.
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- US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Seminar: Amphibian Declines in the Cloud Forests of Costa Rica
- Report of a case study into the present and future consequences of global warming for highland tropical forest ecosystems. A brief overview of the collapse of the entire amphibian fauna of Monteverde Cloud Forest, including the disappearance of the Golden Toad.
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- World Health Organization (WHO): Using Climate to Predict Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Review of the degree to which epidemics are sensitive to climate variations. Identifies candidate diseases and describes the conceptual framework for developing climate-based early warning systems. [PDF]
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- Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production
- An e-book from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Reports on the results of experiments to assess the direct and indirect effects of changing hydrological, pedological, and plant physiological processes.
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- Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply
- Detailed analysis of a modeling study of the effects on crop production and its economic implications, coordinated by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, for the US Environmental Protection Agency. Includes quantitative estimates of yield changes of major food, cash and industrial crops, prices, trade, and risk of hunger.
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- Climate Change - Defoliation Interactions in Canadian Rangelands
- An NSERC Strategic-funded collaborative research project by University of Alberta and University of Regina researchers investigating the interactive effects of climate change and defoliation on Canadian rangeland systems.
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- Climate Change and Global Glacier Decline
- WWF paper that describes and explains glacier loss, and examines the risks posed to specific regions, habitats, and species. [PDF]
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- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Special Report: The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
- A detailed assessment of the vulnerability of every region on the planet, in eleven chapters. Annexes examine trends and variations, models, and socio-economic baseline data.
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- BBC News: Copenhagen Summit 2009
- Full news coverage of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from December 7-18, 2009. Includes lead-up activities by the governments of various countries. UK.
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- Financial Times - Copenhagen Climate Conference
- In depth coverage of COP15 including news, analysis and commentary. Includes Q&A, delegate diary, experts' forum, related articles and special reports. UK.
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- Google Earth - COP15
- Downloadable tours show climate, land, water and usage changes over the years.
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- SourceWatch - COP15
- Encyclopedia article about the conference along with background data and links to additional articles and resources.
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- Sydney Morning Herald - Copenhagen 2009
- News, analysis and commentary on COP15 including the conference agenda, main players, Australia's position, conference form guide, photos, multimedia and interactives. Australia.
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- The Nation - EnviroNation
- Reports from correspondents Naomi Klein, Mark Hertsgaard and Rob Eshelman at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, along with news from Nation editors and partners in the Copenhagen News Collaborative.
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- Wikipedia - United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
- Hyperlinked encyclopedia article provides a very brief overview of the conference and the participants.
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- YouTube - Cop15 Channel
- Official channel for COP15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in 2009, inviting videos from the public.
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- U.S. National Assessment - The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
- Intended to provide a detailed understanding of climate-related problems facing the U.S. and to examine the possible coping mechanisms that exist to adapt to these problems.
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- The Impacts of Climate Change on Portland's Water Supply
- An investigation of the effects of increased temperatures, changed precipitation, and shifts in the historic hydrologic cycle on the fresh water supply from the Bull Run watershed. From the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington. [PDF] (January 01, 2002)