Climate Change
Provides resources on climate change and global warming from the perspective of the disciplines of science, social science and humanities.
Getting started on climate change research
Climate change is an extraordinarily complex issue, affecting almost every aspect of human life and every academic discipline. Here are some resources for getting started.
Learn the basics of climate change from trusted sources
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What is climate change?Videos, graphics and text from the BBC
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Causes of climate changeFrom NASA
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Effects of climate changeFrom NASA
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Evidence for climate changeFrom NASA
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Climate change solutionsFrom NASA
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Climate change newsFrom NASA
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Addressing Climate Change in OregonFrom Oregon Department of Energy
Going deeper: climate change research
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World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency11,000 scientists from around the world state "clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency." The report presents six steps which should be taken immediately. Published in BioScience Nov. 5, 2019
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeThe United Nations' comprehensive "Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C" released Oct 2018. The Guardian newspaper's headline summary: "We Have Twelve Years to Limit Climate Change Catastrophe, Warns U.N."
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Climate PortalAuthoritative scientific data and information, including news, climate maps and data sets.
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Academic Search PremierFull text for more than 4,500 scholarly social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. 3,700 are peer-reviewed.
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ScienceDirectFull text for more than 1,000 peer-reviewed life sciences, Health Science, physical sciences, and engineering journals with citation information for thousands more. Look for the "Full-text available" indicators to view articles online. View the Science Direct handout.
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Fourth National Climate Assessment - Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States2018 report to the Congress and President on the science of climate change and
variability and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century.
Books and ebooks
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The Uninhabitable Earth: life after warming
by Call Number: 304.28 W35u 2019Publication Date: 2019-02-19 -
Climate Change: an encyclopedia of science, society, and solutions (3 volumes)
Call Number: Southeast Main Collection 577.22 J64c 2017Publication Date: 2017-09-15 -
Climate Change : the science of global warming and our energy future
by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 2018-09-11 -
A Bright Future : how some countries have solved climate change and the rest can follow
Call Number: Sylvania LibraryPublication Date: 2019-01-08 -
The Callendar Effect : the life and work of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898-1964), the scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate change
by Call Number: Southeast Main Collection 509.2 F54c 2007Publication Date: 2009-01-01 -
Climate Change and the Health of Nations: famines, fevers, and the fate of populations
by Call Number: Rock Creek Main Collection 304.25 M36c 2017Publication Date: 2017-02-06
DVDs and streaming videos
From the BBC, Horizon Guide to Climate Change (51 minutes)
TEDTalks: Al Gore: The Case for Optimism on Climate Change (25 minutes)
