Resources: Favorite Sites
Last Update: 09.19.14
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Climate Science Rapid Response Team
The Climate Science Rapid Response Team is a match-making service to connect climate scientists with lawmakers and the media. The group is committed to providing rapid, high-quality information to media and government officials. Climate Science Rapid Response team member scientists are chosen to cover a wide array of topics related to Climate Science. They have been selected based upon their publications in professional peer-reviewed scientific journals.
NASA Global Climate Change NASA's "EYES ON THE EARTH"
Revised 12/8/12 to provide updated location of EYES ON THE EARTH application
Major research efforts in climate science are conducted at many of the laboratories of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This website is especially valuable for information on climate research currently being carried out by satellites launched by NASA. Check out EYES ON THE EARTH. One of the offerings in this application is NASA Satellites, which presents current orbits of Earth-observing climate science satellites. Click START button to access the Eyes on the Earth application, which requires JAVA on your computer. If the application does not load, you will be provided a pop-up window of guidance information. If you are using a Mac, you may need to download the application to your computer. The application may take about a minute to fully load. Once fully open, you can click on any individual satellite to learn in more detail what aspect of the climate that satellite is studying. Readers should be aware that while NASA has responsibility for launching these satellites, there are thousands of scientists participating in the resulting science from many universities in the U.S. and in foreign countries as well.
National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR
A broad range of climate science research is conducted here including powerful computer simulations of the climate to enhance understanding of the earth's complex climate system.
NOAA Climate Services
A "one stop shop" for scientists, researchers, teachers, students and the public of data, information and predictions of Earth's climate. This wonderful website is a plethora of informative and fascinating information.
NOAA Climate Program Office - Education
This National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration website is highly recommended, especially for science teachers.
RealClimate
If you want to read commentary about climate science from the professionals who really know what they are talking about, you can do no better than go to RealClimate. However, some of the discussion may be somewhat technical for readers. My advice is to stop at the posts themselves rather than read through all the comments, since it is sometimes difficult to separate the 'wheat' from the 'chaff'. However, the posts themselves are written by real experts."
Skeptical Science
Anyone who is involved in communicating with the general public about climate science will quickly run into the same 'myths' over and over again. On the Misperceptions page I am writing about a few of the ones I have encountered here on the California Central Coast. But, there are many, many more, and it takes a great deal of effort to research the peer-reviewed literature and respond to these myths. Fortunately, this "Skeptical Science" website does an admirable job of doing exactly that and is an invaluable resource. I highly recommend it.
The Climate Science Rapid Response Team is a match-making service to connect climate scientists with lawmakers and the media. The group is committed to providing rapid, high-quality information to media and government officials. Climate Science Rapid Response team member scientists are chosen to cover a wide array of topics related to Climate Science. They have been selected based upon their publications in professional peer-reviewed scientific journals.
NASA Global Climate Change NASA's "EYES ON THE EARTH"
Revised 12/8/12 to provide updated location of EYES ON THE EARTH application
Major research efforts in climate science are conducted at many of the laboratories of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This website is especially valuable for information on climate research currently being carried out by satellites launched by NASA. Check out EYES ON THE EARTH. One of the offerings in this application is NASA Satellites, which presents current orbits of Earth-observing climate science satellites. Click START button to access the Eyes on the Earth application, which requires JAVA on your computer. If the application does not load, you will be provided a pop-up window of guidance information. If you are using a Mac, you may need to download the application to your computer. The application may take about a minute to fully load. Once fully open, you can click on any individual satellite to learn in more detail what aspect of the climate that satellite is studying. Readers should be aware that while NASA has responsibility for launching these satellites, there are thousands of scientists participating in the resulting science from many universities in the U.S. and in foreign countries as well.
National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR
A broad range of climate science research is conducted here including powerful computer simulations of the climate to enhance understanding of the earth's complex climate system.
NOAA Climate Services
A "one stop shop" for scientists, researchers, teachers, students and the public of data, information and predictions of Earth's climate. This wonderful website is a plethora of informative and fascinating information.
NOAA Climate Program Office - Education
This National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration website is highly recommended, especially for science teachers.
RealClimate
If you want to read commentary about climate science from the professionals who really know what they are talking about, you can do no better than go to RealClimate. However, some of the discussion may be somewhat technical for readers. My advice is to stop at the posts themselves rather than read through all the comments, since it is sometimes difficult to separate the 'wheat' from the 'chaff'. However, the posts themselves are written by real experts."
Skeptical Science
Anyone who is involved in communicating with the general public about climate science will quickly run into the same 'myths' over and over again. On the Misperceptions page I am writing about a few of the ones I have encountered here on the California Central Coast. But, there are many, many more, and it takes a great deal of effort to research the peer-reviewed literature and respond to these myths. Fortunately, this "Skeptical Science" website does an admirable job of doing exactly that and is an invaluable resource. I highly recommend it.