FOR EDUCATORS:
National Climate Assessment – Teacher Resources
A-Z List of NASA Websites for Educators
U.S. Global Change Research Program For Educators
Alliance for Climate Education
NSTA-National Science Teachers Association
Freebies for Science Teachers
LATEST CLIMATE NEWS
GENERAL CLIMATE SCIENCE
IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
NRDC – Natural Resources Defense Council – Priority Issues
NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
EPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency
EIA – U.S. Energy Information Administration
NASA Global Climate Change: Vital Signs
National Academy of Sciences: Climate Change at the National Academies
National Geographic Education: Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists: Global Warming and Confronting the Realities of Climate Change
LEARN MORE ABOUT JAMES BALOG'S WORK & HIS FILMS:
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BY CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
All About Glaciers
National Snow & Ice Data Center
About the Cryosphere
National Snow & Ice Data Center
What is the Cryosphere?
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Baffin Island: Disappearing ice and climate evidence
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
GRIP Ice Coring Project
NOAA – National Climatic Data Center
Surveying Ice and Fire: Mapping Iceland’s Glaciers
U.S. Geological Survey
CHAPTER 2
Welcome to Mauna Loa
NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory
Pumphandle 2012: Time history of atmospheric carbon dioxide
CIRES and NOAA
CHAPTER 3
The USGS Water Science School
U.S. Geological Survey
All About Sea Ice
National Snow & Ice Data Center
Tides & Currents: Sea Level Trends
NOAA
World Heritage Site: Ilulissat Icefiord Greenland
UNESCO – United States Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
CHAPTER 4
Climate Impacts on Ecosystems
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hotspots of Biodiversity
Conservation International
Phytoplankton
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Forest Health – Mountain Pine Beetles
U.S.Forest Service
Mountain Pine Beetle
Colorado State University
Fauna and Flora
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Red List of Threatened Species
CHAPTER 5
Our Climate is Changing
National Wildlife Federation
Explaining Extreme Events of 2012
NOAA
Wildfires: A Symptom of Climate Change
NASA
Weather & Hurricanes
UCR Center for Science Education
The National Drought Mitigation Center – U.S. Drought Monitor
Public Health Response to a Changing Climate
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Science of Smog
CIRES: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies
Climate Change Threats and Impacts
The Nature Conservancy
Check Where You Live: Climate Change Threatens Health
Natural Resources Defense Council
CHAPTER 6
Solutions to Plastic Pollution in our Oceans
Natural Resources Defense Council
Calculate your carbon footprint
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Earth Day Network Footprint Calculator
U.S. and World Population Clock
United States Census Bureau
United Nations and Climate Change
Young Voices for the Planet – Speaking Out. Creating Solutions. Leading the Change.
Climate Wisconsin – Stories from a state of change
iMATTER – Kids vs. Global Warming
Earth Guardians – Youth for Global Sustainability
Tree Musketeers – To empower young people to be environmental leaders
Check Where You Live: 50 States, 50 Plans for Renewable Energy
The Solutions Project
