Resources and Links
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
This site provides information from the Third Assessment Report
of this international scientific body which has indicated that
there could be a rise of as much as 5.8 degrees C in average global
annual temperatures between 1990 and 2100.
Observed Climate Change
National
Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
The NCDC is the world's largest database of climatic information
and contains a wealth of data on temperature and precipitation
trends.
Climatic
Research Unit, University of East Anglia
The Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia
is a leading center in studying paleoclimate and constructing
observed climatologies. The Unit's research is also concerned
with observed climate change.
US
Climate at a Glance (NCDA)
This site provides easy access to US climate and weather information
from 1895 to the present.
El Nino Phenomenon
NOAA El
Niņo Page
Information on El Niņo, forecasts, impacts, observations and
research
NOAA
La Niņa Page
Information on La Niņa, forecasts, impacts, and frequently
asked questions
NASA's
El Niņo Page
Information about the state of the
tropical Pacific Ocean as viewed from space as well as a multi-lingual
primer on ENSO and its teleconnections to worldwide weather patterns.
Also includes links to visualizations of El Niņo, related research
at Goddard Space Flight Center and other selected facilities around
the globe.
What
is El Niņo?
A University of Florida site dedicated to El Niņo
El
Niņo 2002: How big a punch?
CNN online article of the effects of an upcoming El Niņo, March
7, 2002
A
Weather Phenomenon: Explaining El Niņo
A Washington Post piece on the 1997-1998 El Niņo season and examining
past El Niņo seasons, Autumn 1997
El
Niņo Rules!
A short readable piece on El Niņo and the 1998 season
Currents
of Change: Impacts of El Niņo and La Niņa on Climate and Society
2nd edition by Michael H. Glantz
Published by Cambridge University Press, November 2000
Wildfire Information
Global
Warming May Spur More Wildfires
Will
Climate Change Spark More Wildfire Damages?
Wildfire threat in Western
US likely to increase with climate change
US
State Impacts of Global Warming
A state-by-state analysis of the likely effects of changes in
climate in the US.
