Additional Readings
Climate Panel Questions
- Climate Panel Questions (doc) for discussion and debate
An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change
- Climate set for 'sudden shifts' This article from the BBC is taken from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal and is a result of a study done by an international team of scientists who have studied what may cause shifts in our climate and believe "..that human induced global warming has begun to affect some aspects of our climate."
- Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags This article from the New York Times describes the effects of a 0.33¢ tax per plastic bag in Dublin, Ireland.
- Unnatural Preservation This article from High Country News discusses the conundrums facing wildlife and public land-managers due to global warming.
Sea Ice, the Ocean's Fragile Cloak
- ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS SPEEDS UP, NEARLY MATCHES GREENLAND LOSS An article from Nasa
- CLIMATE SCIENCE: Whither Antarctic Ice? "Determining how much the Antararctic ice sheet may contribute to sea-level rise through global warming depends on an accurate and precise understanding of the mass balance of two broadly defined regions..."
A Hidden Threshold?
- Thermohaline circulation A definition from Wikipedia
- Shutdown of thermohaline circulation A definition from Wikipedia
- Gulf Stream slowdown? This is an article from RealClimate that discusses the possibility of climate change in Europe due to a "Gulf Stream slowdown".
- The Source of Europe's Mild Climate This article from American Scientist describes why Europe has milder winters
- The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation This is a fact sheet about thermohaline ocean circulation
- Are We on the Brink of a 'New Little Ice Age?' This article from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses the possibility of a periodical ice age that may be accelerated in its arrival due to global warming.
Ocean Circulation
- NASA Observes La Niña: This 'Little Girl' Makes a Big Impression This article from NASA describes how La Ñina forms and it's effects on the current weather in the United States.
