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ACRE Announces Publication in the AMS Bulletin

We are pleased to announce the Early Online Release of an overview piece to be published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The issue covers initiatives by the International Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE).

ACRE undertakes and facilitates the recovery of historical instrumental surface global weather observations to underpin three dimensional reanalyses spanning the last 200-250 years for climate applications and impacts needs worldwide. View the document at:  http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2011BAMS3218.1

 

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Global Climate Change

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html
Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1011
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
Living Climate Change has ideas galore for creating a healthier greener life. Intro video is excellent.
http://livingclimatechange.com/
The Darwin Foundation has a great site on climate change
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/english/pages/index.php
Do Something.org is a little out of date but has good basic information understandable at an 8th grade level
http://www.dosomething.org/whatsyourthing/Environment/Global+Warming?gclid=COiho9GD7qACFSFy5QodcziVGg
World Resources Institute, an environmental advocacy group
http://www.wri.org/climate?gclid=CJewgsWE7qACFd1n5QodLWAm4A
Commentary on everything including climate change
http://wattsupwiththat.com/
America.gov provides general information about climate change with a strong bias. Not confident their facts are accurate
http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/?gclid=CI7XmZmA7qACFdlw5QodhVehGA
Good Planet.org is an environmentally concerned foundation
http://www.goodplanet.org/en/spip.php?article24
World Climate Report – provides general information about climate change with a strong bias. Not confident their facts are accurate
http://www.worldclimatereport.com/
Environmental news with a strong bias
http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/
Environmental news with emphasis on laws and actions made in third world countries
http://www.climateark.org/blog/
Al Gore’s web page
http://www.repoweramerica.org/ads/algore.php?source=OM_C3_google-p_
Earth Watch’s website – an advocacy group
http://earthandeconomy.com/organizations/environmental-volunteer-nonprofit.html
Bishop Hill Squarespace predicts climate 100 years from now
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/10/predicting-climate-100-years-from-now.html?currentPage=3
Global warming and deforestation aiding climate change
http://news.mongabay.com/bioenergy/2008/12/global-warming-aided-by-drought.html
Equilibrium is an environmental impact agency in Kuwait
http://eqcco.blogspot.com/

Ocean Project

http://theoceanproject.org/resources/blog.php

ACMAD

http://www.acmad.ne/en/homepage.htm

Climate  Group

http://www.theclimategroup.org/

Environmental Action

http://www.greenpeace.org/

Education

Facing the Future provides basic facts and curriculum regarding climate change:
http://www.facingthefuture.org/ServiceLearning/FastFactsQuickActions/ClimateChange/tabid/175/Default.aspx
Koshland Science Museum – 8th grade reading level, education about global climate change.
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/
Medical Policy Center Foundation educates and advocates for green solutions to problems:
http://www.mediapolicycenter.org/initiatives/environment?gclid=CPSuxpmB7qACFWV75QodAWaXHw
Yes provides environmental advocacy
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-action/climate-action
Up-to-date weather information
Wunderblog by Jeff Masters
AMS_PSL: American Meteorological Society (AMS), its Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise (CWCE) and the Commission’s Board on Enterprise Communication (BEC) hope to foster greater communication, cooperation, and synergy among all members of the weather and climate community.
AMS, http://www.ametsoc.org/
CWCE, http://www.ametsoc.org/boardpges/cwce/
BEC, http://www.ametsoc.org/boardpges/cwce/bec/
Climate of the Past: An Interactive Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union
http://www.clim-past.net/volumes_and_issues.html
COMET provides free training about the weather
http://www.meted.ucar.edu

Meteorology

Garden Center provides basic links to meteorology resources including schools and agencies. including the below:
http://www.gardencentredirect.co.uk/Article/meteorology-resources

  • Meteorology Guides: Online meteorology guides covering all things weather, including clouds and precipitation and severe storms.
  • Air Masses & Fronts: Page from Geography 101 The Physical Environment.
  • Meteorology at NASA: A 16-chapter guide to meteorology for both students and teachers.
  • Ozone & Meteorology: National Park Service monitoring across the United States.
  • AQI Forecast: A site devoted to dissemination of information about air quality and the Air Quality Index.
  • University Corporation of Atmospheric Research: A site about the basics of weather and climate.
  • Weather Glossary: Need to know what a weather or climate term means? Find the definition here.
  • El Nino: A site about El Nino and climate prediction from the University of Washington.
  • Climate System: All about atmospheric forces, balances and weather systems from a course at Columbia University.
  • Air, Climate & Weather: A concise introduction with lots of links to more topics in weather, air quality, biogeochemical cycles and climate.
  • About Hurricanes: In-depth resources to learn about hurricanes at Hurricane Hollow.
  • Meteorology: The complete online text of Aristotle’s book entitled Meteorology.

Legal

Environmental Defense Fund: http://www.edf.org/home.cfm

http://naelsblog.blogspot.com
http://www.gardencentredirect.co.uk/Article/meteorology-resources

Historical Perspective towards Environmental Lessons

http://www.stockholmresilience.org/ihope
http://www.pages-igbp.org/about/index.html

Countries

Antarctica
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/news/2009/092109rising.shtml
Saudi Arabia (includes interesting articles about other countries)
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/departments/
Nation Master website covers environmental issues for Kuwait
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ku-kuwait/env-environment

Droughts

http://weather.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=weather&cdn=education&tm=112&f=00&tt=12&bt=1&bts=1&st=24&zu=http%3A//drought.unl.edu/index.htm

Flooding

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood/deluge.html

Press

The Biodiversity Media Alliance’s online network is building bridges between journalists and the sources of information they need to tell this story well.
http://biodiversitymedia.ning.com/

Space

NASA
http://science.nasa.gov/
Space Science
http://www.spacescience.com/index.html

Videos

The Importance of Data Rescue by IEDRO
http://www.linktv.org/viewchangefilmcontest/films/view/968http://www.linktv.org/viewchangefilmcontest/films/view/968http://www.linktv.org/viewchangefilmcontest/films/view/968
Climate Voices by Good Planet
http://www.goodplanet.org/en/climatevoices/
Global Dimming
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15809.htm
HAARP Holes in Heaven Part 1/6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dT1UUXNgMA
78 mins – 6 billion Others. Climate voices
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEaE5jL-l4A
Home (top notch video)
http://www.youtube.com/user/homeproject?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cti#p/a/u/0/E9-k7wtS3bg
The Shift
http://theshiftmovie.com/
Reanalysis Project
http://ascr-discovery.science.doe.gov/feature/weather1.shtml


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