Take a first-hand look at how climate change affects the biosphere at this Web site from San Francisco's Exploratorium. Visitors can access long-term, short-term, and even near real time data from a number of research projects conducted by various institutions. All data are presented graphically, with straightforward explanations of phenomena in question. Science educators may find this Web site...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up this site to teach kids about global warming, climate change, and climatology, as well as environmentally friendly habits that benefit the earth. The site allows students and educators to approach ecological issues from various perspectives. Global Warming (What it is) is an introduction to current climatological change. Other resources such...

A major new report issued by the National Research Council of the National Academies on January 12 concludes that global warming is "'undoubtedly real,' and that surface temperatures in the past two decades have risen at a rate substantially greater than average for the past 100 years." In particular, the report examines the apparent conflict between surface temperature and upper-air temperature....

Hosted by atmospheric scientist and science communicator Katharine Hayhoe, Global Weirding is an educational video series published between September 2016 and March 2019. In this series, Hayhoe draws on both her climate science expertise and her background as an evangelical Christian to dispel common erroneous beliefs about climate change and explain the scientific evidence behind it with the aid...

Keep current with global warming issues with this Web site edited by greenhouse gas scientist Dave Reay. GreenHouse Gas Online offers current and archived articles from newspapers and peer-reviewed journals around the world. Only journal articles with freely available abstracts are included. The latest general news and journal articles can be found listed by title on the site's main page, while...

Based in Stockholm, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) studies a wide range of interactions between both biological and physical processes and interactions with human systems. Their research agenda is impressive, and visitors to their homepage can dive right into their materials by reading one of their recent newsletters or by looking at the news updates. In the "Resources"...

Climate change does not just impact the environment in the natural sense; it also impacts social and historical environments. Archivists, climatologists, and sociologists may enjoy Material Memory, a podcast that explores this link between climate change and cultural memory. Currently on its second season, the show focuses on climate crises and cultural heritage, exploring questions including:...

Embark on a photographic journey with the One World Journeys Team as they trek through the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica from February 1-12 to witness how climate change is affecting the planet. Each day of their journey, the team of seven will update the site with photo images interwoven with sound in order to try and replicate their experiences for their Internet viewers. Photographs...

Another free offering from the National Academic Press (NAP), which was created "to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States." NAP publishes several hundred books a year on a wide range of topics and...

National Geographic recently created this series of infographics and animations designed to help viewers understand and visualize the causes and effects of global climate change. Collectively, these visualizations recently garnered a 2018 Webby award for Best Data Visualization. In the first of these animations, visitors can view how the average annual temperature has changed between the years...