Climate Change (old guide)
Provides resources on climate change and global warming from the perspective of the disciplines of science, social science and humanities.
Biology and Climate Change
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What kinds of questions do biologists ask about climate change?
- How are different species reacting to or adapting to a rapidly changing climate?
- What can be done to save threatened species from extinction?
- What effects does climate change have on diseases, both human and animal?
- What kind of ecosystem and biodiversity changes might we see under different climate scenarios?
Web Resources
- Climate Change and BiologyFrom Teacher's Climate Guide (Finland) - a great overview and introduction
- Climate Change BiologyOnline ebook examining the evolving discipline of human-induced climate change and the resulting shifts in the distributions of species and the timing of biological events. 2015.
- USDA Forest Service Climate Change Resource CenterThe CCRC provides information about climate change impacts on forests and other ecosystems, and approaches to adaptation and mitigation in forests and grasslands. Regularly updated.
- Climate Change Biology at PeerJOnline publisher of academic journal articles, regularly updated
- Climate change and freshwater fishDepartment of the Interior Northeast Climate Science Center
Books and ebooks:
Saving a Million Species Extinction Risk from Climate Change by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2012
Global Climate Change and Human Health : From Science to Practice. by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2014
DVD and Streaming Video:
University of Washington, Understanding and Adapting to Climate Change (4 minutes)
University of California TV, Feeling the Heat: The Biology of Ocean Warming, (57 minutes)
California Academy of Sciences, How Does Climate Change Affect Biodiversity? (12 minutes)