Resources on Global Warming and Climate Change

 

 

Books

All books are available at Towson Cook Library

 

•  Arctic melting : how global warming is destroying one of the world’s largest wilderness areas by Chad Kister
  • Stacks | QC981.8.G56 K57 2005

• The atlas of climate change : mapping the world’s greatest challenge by Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing
  • Reference | QC981.8.C5 D69 2006

•  Climate change : science, strategies, & solutions edited by Eileen Claussen
  • Stacks | QC981.8 .C5 C611 2001
• Earth under siege : from air pollution to global change by Richard P. Turco
  • Stacks | TD883 .T85 2002
• Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change by Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Stacks | QC981.8.G56 K65 2007

• Global climate change edited by Paul McCaffrey
  • Stacks | QC981.8.C5 G644 2006

•  Global warming : myth or reality : the erring ways of climatology by Marcel Leroux
  • Stacks | QC981.8.G56 L47 2005

•  Hands on energy, infrastructure and recycling : practical innovations for a sustainable world compiled by Emma Judge
  • Stacks | T49.5 .H36 2002

• How will climate change affect the Mid-Atlantic region
  • Stacks | QC981.8.C5 H69 2001
• Ignition : what you can do to fight global warming and spark a movement edited by Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage
  • Stacks | QC981.8.C5 I338 2007
• The ravaging tide : strange weather, future Katrinas, and the coming death of America’s coastal cities by Mike Tidwell
  • Stacks | QC981.8.C5 T53 2006

•  Reading the Kyoto Protocol : ethical aspects of the Convention on Climate ChangeChange edited by Etienne Vermeersch
  • Stacks | QC981.8.C5 R386 2005
• The science and politics of global climate change : a guide to the debate by Andrew E. Dessler and Edward A. Parson
  • Stacks | QC981.8.C5 D44 2006
• The winds of change : climate, weather, and the destruction of civilizations by Eugene Linden
  • Stacks | QC981.8.C5 L567 2006
• Worldchanging : a user’s guide for the 21st century edited by Alex Steffen
  • Stacks | HC79.E5 W676 2006

 

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TU Fact Sheet

 

• factsheet.pdf
  • Take a look at this fact sheet prepared by Dr. Brian Fath of the Department of Biological Sciences

 

 

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Web Resources

 

• Accuweather.com: Global Warming News, Science, Myths, Articles

                News articles relating to Global Warming.

 

• Climate Change

                From the EPA, this website contains "comprehensive information on the issue of climate change." Includes basic information, health and environmental effects and factors, what you can do, and information on the U.S. climate policy.

 

• Climate Change: Overview of the Global Warming Debate

                 Includes information on Global Warming in the news, as well as basic information on Global Warming and the debate surrounding it.

 

• Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions

   

• Climate Prediction Center

                  From NOAA, this site offers weather maps and other information to illustrate what the future holds for the U.S. climate.

 

• Council on Environmental Quality

                  Provides information on pollution, energy, climate change, and environmental news and policies.

 

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Climate Change Fact Sheet

 

• Environmental Defense

                  The Environmental Defense is a non-profit organization focusing on finding "practical environmental solutions." This website includes information on solutions for Global Warming, effective laws and policies, endangered species, and more.

 

• Environmental and Energy Studies Institute (EESI) Climate Change Fact Sheet

   

• Focus the Nation Resources

                   From the main Focus the Nation site, this list of resources includes solutions for Global Warming and resources for educators.

 

• Gateway to Global Change Data and Information

                   Offers news, datasets, and other resources.

 

• Harvard Green Campus Initiative Climate Change Fact Sheet

   

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment Report

  The IPCC received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for its work explaining climate change to the public. The role of the IPCC is to summarize the latest scientific research on Global Warming and its impact on Earth and our society. They have just released their Fourth Assessment Report, which is broken into three major parts:

• Working Group 1: The Physical Science Basis describes our scientific understanding of climate change, including who is responsible for climate change, and the relative importance of natural climate change.
• Working Group 2: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability describes the effects of Global Warming and our ability to adapt to it.
• Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change describes our potential for influencing and reversing anthropogenic climate change.

      Since these reports are long and can be quite technical, you may want to start with the 'Summary for Policy Makers' written for each working group, or this FAQ published by the first working group. 

 

• LiveScience: Global Warming and Sustainability

                   Calculate your environmental footprint, browse the image galleries, and peruse news articles relevant to climate change at this site from LiveScience.com

 

• NASA Global Change Master Directory

                   A comprehensive source of Earth science data and services, with broad coverage of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, solid earth, and biosphere.  Includes information on climate indicators, such as air temperature and drought.

 

• NCDC: Global Warming

                   This FAQ about Global Warming from NOAA provides basic information about climate change.

 

• NRDC: Global Warming

                    From the Natural Resources Defense Council, this site offers basic information on Global Warming as well as solutions.

 

• Science.gov: Climate Change

                   Provides an alphabetical list of government websites and databases relating to climate change.

 

• Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change

 

• Union of Concerned Scientists

                    "Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions"

 

• United Nations Foundation Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable

   

• University of North Dakota Climate Change Fact Sheet

 

• Climate Change: Science & Solutions; 8th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment

 

• Earth Portal 

 

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Local Resources

 

• Baltimore Climate Action Network

 

• Baltimore Climate Climate Coalition

 

• Calendar of Local Upcoming Events on Climate 

 

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Green Graphic Web and Print Design Resources

 

• AIGA: Center for Sustainable Design

 

• Institute for Sustainable Communications

 

• MBDC: Cradle to Cradle Design

 

• Forest Stewardship Council

 

• Sustainable Forestry Initiative

 

• Green-e

 

• World Changing

 

• Conservatree

 

• Blackle