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Organizations
Volvo Adventure
The Volvo Adventure - in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme - is an educational programme that rewards environmental activities and the decision-makers of the future. If you have a project involving young people between 13 and 16 years old, working in groups of two to five people, and actively involved in devising and managing the project, then enter your project into this competition. To register, enter your project here!
www.ipcc.ch
The first point of call for anyone interested in climate change.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been
established to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic
information relevant for the understanding of climate change,
its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
www.soc.soton.ac.uk
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (formerly the Southampton
Oceanography Centre) is one of the world's largest institutions
devoted to research, teaching and technology development in
ocean and earth science, a joint venture between the University
of Southampton and the Natural Environment Research Council.
www.tyndall.ac.uk
The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, economists,
social scientists and other experts to develop sustainable
responses to climate change.
www.unfccc.int
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, includes
the Kyoto Treaty.
www.cru.uea.ac.uk
Scientific information with fact sheets about everything from
sea level rise to global temperature records.
www.cicero.uio.no
CICERO was established by the Norwegian government in April
1990 as a non-profit organization associated with the University
of Oslo.
www.met-office.gov.uk/research
The Meteorological Office pages on oceans and climate change.
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth is UK's most influential environmental campaigning organization with almost 1 million supporters across five continents and over 70 national organizations worldwide.
Arctic Youth Network (AYN)
AYN is a collection of young people providing a youth voice in the work of the Arctic Council.
Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council (OFNYPC)
OFNYPC is made up of young regional representatives from Ontario who bring a collective voice for First Nations youth.
International Polar Year (IPY)
The IPY is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. Education and outreach are integral to the programme.
Papers & Publications
Changing spatial structures of
the thermohaline circulation in response to atmospheric CO2
forcing in a climate model. Wood, Richard A. et al
Nature 1999 Vol. 399, 572-575.
Interocean exchange of thermocline water.
Gordon, Arnold L. Journal of Geophysical Research,91 (1986)
5037-5046.
Simulation of abrupt climate change induced by freshwater
input to the North Atlantic Ocean. Manabe, Syukro
and Ronald J. Stiuffer. Nature 378 (1995) 165-167.
Ocean Circulation. Cromwell, David. New Scientist
May 2000 130.
Risk of Sea-change in the Atlantic. Rahmstorf,
Stefan. Nature 1997 388, 825-826.
Understanding Climate Change. Schneider, Nicholas. The Fraser Institute (2008) 1-36. (Available here)
Links
www.oneworld.net
Extensive source of news and resources on the environment
and development.
Argo: Observing the Oceans in Real Time
Argo is the largest ocean research project in the world and aims to report the climatic status of the world oceans in real-time every 10 days and report the data for use by anyone, anywhere on the planet.
www.climateark.org
ClimateArk is a climate change portal and search engine dedicated
to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change
through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions,
renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.
www.bbc.co.uk
The BBC 'Science & Nature' site on Climate Change
Tiempo
Climate Newswatch and Portal
A weekly online magazine and portal with carefully selected
documents, websites and other resources concerned with climate
and sustainable development.
www.heatisonline.org
News and more on the antics of climate sceptics from Pulitzer
Prize–winning journalist Ross Gelbspan, author of The
Heat is On and Boiling Point.
www.co-operativebank.co.uk/climate
Climate change tracker project from The Cooperative Bank.
Allowing you to see the impact of climate change for yourself.
The
Material World
The Material World reports on developments across the sciences
from 4:30-5:00pm each Thursday on BBC's Radio 4.
Acid
Rain Retirement Fund
The Acid Rain Retirement Fund was founded to prevent air pollution
by buying it right out of the sky. It's is a nonprofit corporation
that uses 100% of the money donated to buy pollution allowances.
www.globalactionplan.org.uk
Global Action Plan programmes, tools and advice on how to
be more environmentally friendly.
www.greenprices.co.uk
Provide clear, independent advice on green energy suppliers
and the market for green energy throughout Europe.
www.safeclimate.net/calculator
The SafeClimate carbon footprint calculator allows you to
determine carbon dioxide emissions from major sources including
the home and transportation by car and plane.
www.chooseclimate.org/flying
Planning a flight? Check your emissions first!
www.exploratorium.edu
Exploratorium provide information on how scientists study
climate change.
www.phenology.org.uk
Website on about recurring natural phenomena in relation to
climate.
www.climatehotmap.org
Map illustrating early warning signs of global warming.
www.epa.gov/climatechange
The EPA Climate Change site is provided as a public service
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
www.ifaw.org
International fund for animal welfare. Owner of 'Song for
Whales'.
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