Why Is It Warmer? - Resources

Photo: NOAA

• http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html
  The EPA global warming site provides information about the causes and possible impacts of climate changes.
  
  
• http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/barron.html
  This is a consensus document about the global warming, the Global Change Researchers Assess Projections of Climate Change, produced by the American Geophysical Union.
  
  
• http://www.co2science.org/journal/2003/v6n34c4.htm
  This article discusses the trend of global warming and how our view of it can be affected by the different ways we measure temperature.
  
  
• http://www.ncpa.org/ba/ba299.html
  This article focuses on changing theories in the study of global warming.
  
  
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/
  This site provides information about the Frontline/Nova video that examined the debate about global warming. The site includes transcripts, interviews, video clips, graphs and a teacher’s guide.
  
  
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/22/tech/main504436.shtml
  This is a CBS news report that discusses possible causes of global warming. This site also includes a video.
  
  
• http://www.mbari.org/bog/Projects/Peru/peruhome.htm
  Compare sea surface temperatures using the temperature archives available at this site.
  
  
• http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climateData/canada_e.html
  Climate data for Canada allows you to compare temperatures from 1840 to the present for Canadian provinces.
  
  
• http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/perthstats.html
  This site provides temperature archives for Perth, Australia, from 1994 through 2002.
  
  
• http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/saib/climate/climat_e.cfm
  Reports from Canada examine various causes of global warming. The site includes many graphs.
  
  
• http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/index.html
  This site provides information about how global warming is affecting different parts of the world.
  
  
• http://ilikai.soest.hawaii.edu/uhslc/woce.html
  This University of Hawaii site offers information about sea levels from 1985 to the present.
  
  
• http://www.ees.nmt.edu/~ranck/hot.html
  This site provides information about different factors that can affect global warming.
  
  
• http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/milankovitch.html
  This site provides information about the Milankovitch Theory. The Milankovitch, or astronomical theory of climate change, is an explanation for changes in the seasons that result from changes in the earth’s orbit around the sun.
  
  
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/56456.stm
  This news article provides information about solar activity and its effect on Earth’s temperatures.
  
  
• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/sun_output_030320.html
  This article discusses the effect of solar activity on global warming.
  
  
• http://www.weathersa.co.za/References/Climchange.jsp
  SA weather services website with commentary on the Kyoto protocol.
  
  
• http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/06/30/news/news11.asp
  An article in the Sunday Times newspaper that details what the effect of global warming will be on South African natural resources
  
  
• http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/issues/climate/index.htm
  This site contains the National State of the Environment Report for South Africa looking specifically at climatic and atmospheric change. The site has links to a variety of data sites.
  
  
• http://www.groundwork.org.za/Booklets/BK5.pdf
  This booklet developed by Groundwork details South African’s carbon age and current pollution information
  
  
• http://www.mg.co.za
  The Mail and Guardian website has many fascinating articles on global warming. Look for articles such as “The heat is turned on Third World polluters”, “Global warming in the dock” and “The ‘skeptical environmentalist’ strikes again”.
  
  
• South African Education Portal
  http://www.thutong.org.za
  Thutong, the South African Education Portal has a growing number of resources for curriculum support.