There is a world of information available on climate change. But don't worry, we have been working hard to make the job of finding the answers you need easy. We have trawled the internet for sites and articles that cover the climate change issue from differing angles, and grouped the links by topic.
If you come across any good articles or sites you think we should be featuring email us with the details and we will post them here.
General information sites
The speed at which climate change is occuring
Politics of climate change
The likely impact of climate change on our lives
The scientific evidence for climate change
Green shopping
Climate change news stories
To me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war...I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict.
U.N. Weapons Inspector Hans Blix, (March 14, 2003)
General
These are some of our favourite sites giving an overview of the climate change problem
http://www.heatisonline.org/main.cfm
Good site for all the latest climate change news
www.marklynas.org
- site run by the author of Rising Tide, News From A Warming World. Regularly updated with Mark's opinion on all the breaking climate change stories.
www.risingtide.org.uk
- Rising Tide UK is a network of small groups and individuals dedicated to taking local action and building a movement against climate change.
http://www.sinkswatch.org/
Why carbon offset schemes aren't the answer to climate change
http://www.climateark.org/
A site jam packed with everything climate change
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Speed of change
Stories and articles showing just how rapidly climate change is taking hold
An animation showing reduction in Arctic ice cover between 1979 and today
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/images/arctic/ice_animation1_med.gif
2004 opens with warnings of doom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3384067.stm
Speed of glacier melt in Kazakhstan threatens political instability
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3077422.stm
Drought in western united states
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/03/national/main615288.shtml
Greenhouse gas levels hit record highs
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4802
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Politics of climate change
Contraction and convergence an equal carbon allowance for each and everyone.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/opinion/story/0,12981,1205166,00.html
Climate change and the US empire
http://www.alternet.org/story/16967
Good article about how we can live different lives to deal with this problem
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/climate_change/1015305.stm
Brings politics and science together in response to climate change problem
http://www.crisis-forum.org.uk/
WRM great analysis of the 3rd world perspective on climate change
http://www.wrm.org.uy/actors/CCC/index.html
Organisation exposing the influence of the oil industry on political life in America
http://www.petropolitics.org/
Republican congressman advised to deny global warming
http://www.rense.com/general51/deny.htm
Humans indifferent to Ecological risks
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/122603G.shtml
Poor world cuts climate gases
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/120103G.shtml
Top scientists blast Bush administration
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/feb2004/scie-f26.shtml
Site with lots of essays on how the media report (or don't) the issue of climate change
www.medialens.org
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How climate change might impact on our lives
http://www.rense.com/general53/gkob.htm
economic impact of climate change
http://www.rense.com/general38/global.htm
global warming set to cause mass extinction in next century
Europes' Harvest crisis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,2763,1036729,00.html
Global warming floods threaten 4 million Britons
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1200311,00.html
Increase in incidence of disease as a result of global warming
http://www.rense.com/general41/pitb.htm
Summer heat will cause deadly ozone
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1212727,00.html
An article dealing with the idea that agreeing to allow 2 degree centigrade rise in global temparatures is dangerous folly.
http://www.ecoequity.org/ceo/ceo_8_2.htm
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The scientific evidence for climate change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3411053.stm
new scientific report on humans as dominant influence on the Earth's ecosystems
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3419975.stm
cosmic rays not responsible for climate change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3308501.stm
scientific evidence for impact of climate change on fish stocks
http://www.climnet.org/signals/index.htm#science
list of links to stories detailing scientific evidence for climate change
http://www.realclimate.org/
scientific response to stories in the media denying climate change
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/
climate research unit, UEA
graph demonstrating how humans have to be the main influence on climate change
http://www.ukcip.org.uk/climate_change/natural_manmade.asp
IPCC graphs showing human impact on climate
http://www.ipcc.ch/present/graphics.htm
Hadley centre for Climate Prediction and Research lots of scientific stuff here
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/
Good summary of the evidence from New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/
Scientists claim new evidence of warming
http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=4661&method=full
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Green shopping
Unless you are living wild you will need to buy things for your family. These places do a decent job of reducing their CO2 emissions.
www.birthandbaby.co.uk
These guys, as well as offering a lot of help in getting this site together, run a great shop for all your eco baby's needs
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