Start here

We’ve often been asked to provide a one stop link for resources that people can use to get up to speed on the issue of climate change, and so here is a first cut. Unlike our other postings, we’ll amend this as we discover or are pointed to new resources. Different people have different needs and so we will group resources according to the level people start at.

For complete beginners:

NCAR: Weather and climate basics

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: Global Warming basics

Wikipedia: Global Warming

NASA: Global Warming update

National Academy of Science: America’s Climate Choices (2011)

Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change Collection

Global Warming FAQ (Tom Rees)

Global Warming: Man or Myth? (Scott Mandia, SUNY Suffolk)

Oxford Begbrooke: Climate Basics

There is a new booklet on Climate Literacy from multiple agencies (NOAA, NSF, AAAS) available here (pdf).

The UK Govt. has a good site on The Science of Climate Change (added Sep 2010).

The portal for climate and climate change of the ZAMG (Zentralaanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Vienna, Austria). (In German) (added Jan 2011)

Those with some knowledge:

The IPCC AR4 Frequently Asked Questions (here (pdf)) are an excellent start. These cover:

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