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NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- JPL Home Page
General public web site for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. - Science and Technology
Information about JPL's science and technology research, including its technology transfer program. - People:
Climate, Ocean, and Solid Earth Sciences
Earth Atmospheric Science
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
U.N. initiative to provide objective information about climate change
- Synthesis report: summary | full report
- Working group I report "The Physical Science Basis": summary | full report
- Working Group II Report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability": summary | full report
- Working Group III Report "Mitigation of Climate Change": summary | full report
Climate and Science Research
Data Archives and Directories
- Global Change Master Directory
NASA's comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data. - Climate Diagnostics Directory
Website from the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites that provides visualizations of climate trends and variability. - NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Provides access to complete oceanography data sets obtained from Earth observing satellites. - Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Data, data related services, and data support for global environmental change research and education.
Research Integration
Atmosphere/Weather
- Tropical Cyclone Information System
Prototype tropical-cyclone database and web portal utilizing satellite observations, in situ measurements, and model outputs. - EPA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division
EPA Project to research and model future atmospheric change. - EPA Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EPA site on the science of emissions and greenhouse gases. - USGCRP Atmospheric Composition Page
US Global Climate Change Program page for atmospheric composition research. - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Global Monitoring Division
Information, graphs, and updates on the latest research into ozone depletion, air quality, and carbon levels in the atmosphere. - National Climatic Data Center
Reports on weather, climate events, atlases, and images of Earth's climate in action. - Ozone Hole Watch
Daily status reports on the ozone layer over the South Pole.
Oceans
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Institute for the study of the effects of global climate change on the ocean and polar ice. - USGCRP Global Water Cycle Page
U.S. Global Climate Change Program page for global water cycle and ocean research.
Health and Wildlife
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Climate Change
News, climate change basics and related wildlife management issues. - USGCRP Ecosystems Page
U.S. Global Climate Change Program page for ecosystems research. - EPA Health and Environmental EffectsEPA portal to information on how climate change effects humans and animals.
- WHO Global Environment Change Site World Heath Organization information on how climate change affects human populations.
Climate Policy
- Earth Sciences Decadal Survey Comprehensive, 500-page survey of climate change and policy, available for free online.
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Publications and information about the UNFCCC, an international working group on climate change. - Gateway to the U.N. System's Work on Climate Change
News, links, and information about the U.N.’s climate change policies and initiatives. - Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Comprehensive site featuring reports on climate change research, policy, and action.
Climate Change Overviews
- NASA Global Climate Change
Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA. - U.S. EPA Homepage
Comprehensive site on all aspects of climate change from the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection. Information about news, science, and policy. - NOAA Research
Summaries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's research into several different aspects of global climate change. - Understanding Climate Change
A global warming primer from NCAR and UCAR. - World Resources Institute Climate Analysis Indicators Tool
Comprehensive compilation of charts, facts and figures about global climate change. - Current Climate Information
Links to the latest information on everything from coral bleaching to drought conditions to precipitation trends, from the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
