Climate Change Science and News Resources

350.org - http://www.350.org
International effort to raise awareness of the need to decrease carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million.

Climate Action Network InternationalA - http://www.climatenetwork.org/
The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a worldwide network of over 430 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

Conservation Law Foundation - http://www.clf.org
Environmental advocacy organization working on environmental problems that threaten New England including climate change and clean energy.

Climate Ethics - http://climateethics.org/
A commentary site on climate change science and policymaking by those working on climate change ethics.

Climate Progress - http://climateprogress.org
Insider’s view on climate science, politics and solutions from Joe Romm, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

James Hansen’s Website - http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/
Website of Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASA'S Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University and leading climate scholar.

Pew Center on Global Climate Change - http://www.c2es.org/

Brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts to bring a new approach to a complex and often controversial issue. Our approach is based on sound science, straight talk, and a belief that we can work together to protect the climate while sustaining economic growth.

Real Climate: Climate Science from Climate Scientists - http://www.realclimate.org/

RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.

Scripps CO2 Program - http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/home/index.php
Home of the Keeling Curve and measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Union of Concerned Scientists - http://www.ucsusa.org/
Science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. Combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.

United Nations Climate Change Website - http://www.un.org/climatechange/background/causes.shtml

Includes links to many UN-related documents regarding climate change.

U.S. Climate Action Network - http://usclimatenetwork.org/
USCAN is the largest US network of organizations focused on climate change. USCAN plays a critical role as the only network connecting organizations working on climate advocacy and policy development at all three levels of the debate: state/regional, federal, and international, all of which are becoming increasingly interdependent. USCAN is an affiliate network of the Climate Action Network (CAN), a worldwide network of more than 400 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from 85 countries working to promote government, private sector and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - http://www.ipcc.ch/index.htm

The IPCC assesses the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.

National Park Service Cape Cod Climate Change website - http://www.nps.gov/caco/naturescience/climate-change.htm

Woods Hole Research Center - http://www.whrc.org/resources/primer_fundamentals.html

This primer provides a broad overview of the main issues of Climate Change. Additional resources and more specific information are available throughout the Our Work section of this website.

U.S. EPA Climate Change website - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

MassDEP Climate Change website - http://www.mass.gov/dep/air/climate/index.htm#intro

NOAA’s Climate Change website - http://www.climate.gov/#dataServices/climateAndYou/coastalComm

NASA’s Climate Change website - http://climate.nasa.gov/

U.S Geological Survey Climate Change websites:

http://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/

http://www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=168