Climate Change (old guide)
Provides resources on climate change and global warming from the perspective of the disciplines of science, social science and humanities.
Physics and climate change
Image from Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Adviser, Glasgow. https://www.slideshare.net/bis_foresight/the-planet-in-our-hands-responding-to-climate-change-glasgow
The discipline of physics provides essential climate modeling to our understanding of global climate change, through mathematical models of the interactions of land, ocean, atmosphere and ice.
Web resources
- A Tutorial on the Basic Physics of Climate ChangeFrom the APS Forum on Physics and Society
- Climate ChangeFrom APS, the American Physical Society
- How to deal with climate changeFrom Physics Today, Oct. 2014
- The Physics of Climate and Climate ChangePresentation given at the APS March Meeting 2019 on March 6, 2019
Books and ebooks
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics : from air pollution to climate change by Call Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2016-03-29
DVDs and streaming videos
Climate Change Expert Predicts 50% More Lightening (2 minutes)
From the American Institute of Physics: Extreme weather, rising seas, and wildfires are effects of climate change. In this video, explore a new material that could help lower CO2 emissions. (4 minutes)