Global Warming

I've seen a lot of reports of evidence that global warming is here.
I will use this space to list these reports.

**Links to sites about global warming.**
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.	EPA'S GLOBAL WARMING SITE we strive to present accurate information on the very broad issue of climate change and global warming in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society...
The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is an interdisciplinary organization for research, independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change.	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Global Warming
American Geophysical Union is an international scientific society with more than 35,000 members in over 115 countries. For over 75 years, AGU researchers, teachers, and science administrators have dedicated themselves to advancing the understanding of Earth and its environment in space and making the results available to the public.	New Scientist - Global Warming Lots of good information here. Varied and interesting.
Global Warming. The name says it, this site has it.	DEGREES OF VARIATION Climate change in Nunavut. A nice set of posters from the Geological Survey of Canada.
GLOBAL WARMING CENTRAL The source for information on the Global Warming Debate.	CBC News - Indepth Backgrounder: Global Warming
Atmosphere: Air pollution, human health, ozone depletion, global warming From the U.S. Geological Survey, for kids by kids.

**Other sites related to our environment.**
Living On Earth: NPR's Environmental News Show	National Geographic - Adventure, Maps, Travel...
Wisconsin's Environmental Decade:	Earth Day Network

Current News stories about climate change.

News archives about global warming.
BBC News
Thursday, 29 March, 2001 German concern over US climate policy. The German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has expressed concern to President Bush about the American decision not to implement the 1997 Kyoto treaty on global warming.

Guardian Unlimited Thursday March 29, 2001 Europe criticises US threat over Kyoto. The threat by the US president, George Bush, to abandon the Kyoto agreement on climate change provoked a strong reaction in Europe today with the environment minister, Michael Meacher, labelling it "exceptionally serious".

By FT reporters March 29 2001 Bush says Kyoto climate treaty would harm the US. President George W. Bush on Thursday justified his opposition to an international global warming treaty by saying it would harm the US economy and its workers.

NASA Earth Observatory News
March 14, 2001 EO News: Satellites Confirm Earth’s Greenhouse Warming
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
First, direct observational evidence of a change in the Earth's greenhouse effect between 1970 and 1997

The Oregonian
March 9, 2001 Oregon Live: Scientists go down to find what's up with Earth's climate.
By Richard L. Hill of The Oregonian staff
While many climate scientists are looking up to the atmosphere to answer questions about global warming, a handful of researchers are looking inside deep holes in the ground.

NASA Earth Observatory News
February 28, 2001 EO News: Cloud "Heat Vent" Could Diminish Warming
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The tropical Pacific Ocean may be able to open a “vent” in its heat-trapping cirrus cloud cover and release enough energy to diminish climate warming. The clouds appear to decrease when sea surface temperatures are higher.

NASA Earth Observatory News
Feb. 22, 2001 UTAH SCIENTISTS FIND MORE EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING Study Reveals 2-Degree-Fahrenheit Increase Since Pre-industrial Times.

New York Times News Service
February 19, 2001 SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO VANISHING, STUDIES FIND
By Andrew C. Revkin
The icecap atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, which for thousands of years has floated like a cool beacon over the shimmering equatorial plain of Tanzania, is retreating at such a pace that it will disappear in less than 15 years, according to new studies.

The Ohio State University
September 14, 2000 Himalyan Ice Cores Reveal Climate Warming, Catastrophic Drought
By Earle Holland
Ice cores drilled through a glacier more than four miles up in the Himalayan Mountains have yielded a highly detailed record of the last 1,000 years of earth's climate ...

The Associated Press
July 20, 2000 ABCNEWS.com : Melting of Greenland Raises Sea Level
By Paul Recer
A warming climate is melting more than 50 billion tons of water a year from the Greenland ice sheet ..

**News archives about global warming.**
BBC News Thursday, 29 March, 2001	German concern over US climate policy. The German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has expressed concern to President Bush about the American decision not to implement the 1997 Kyoto treaty on global warming.
Guardian Unlimited Thursday March 29, 2001	Europe criticises US threat over Kyoto. The threat by the US president, George Bush, to abandon the Kyoto agreement on climate change provoked a strong reaction in Europe today with the environment minister, Michael Meacher, labelling it "exceptionally serious".
By FT reporters March 29 2001	Bush says Kyoto climate treaty would harm the US. President George W. Bush on Thursday justified his opposition to an international global warming treaty by saying it would harm the US economy and its workers.
NASA Earth Observatory News March 14, 2001	EO News: Satellites Confirm Earth’s Greenhouse Warming Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine First, direct observational evidence of a change in the Earth's greenhouse effect between 1970 and 1997
The Oregonian March 9, 2001	Oregon Live: Scientists go down to find what's up with Earth's climate. By Richard L. Hill of The Oregonian staff While many climate scientists are looking up to the atmosphere to answer questions about global warming, a handful of researchers are looking inside deep holes in the ground.
NASA Earth Observatory News February 28, 2001	EO News: Cloud "Heat Vent" Could Diminish Warming NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The tropical Pacific Ocean may be able to open a “vent” in its heat-trapping cirrus cloud cover and release enough energy to diminish climate warming. The clouds appear to decrease when sea surface temperatures are higher.
NASA Earth Observatory News Feb. 22, 2001	UTAH SCIENTISTS FIND MORE EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING Study Reveals 2-Degree-Fahrenheit Increase Since Pre-industrial Times.
New York Times News Service February 19, 2001	SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO VANISHING, STUDIES FIND By Andrew C. Revkin The icecap atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, which for thousands of years has floated like a cool beacon over the shimmering equatorial plain of Tanzania, is retreating at such a pace that it will disappear in less than 15 years, according to new studies.
The Ohio State University September 14, 2000	Himalyan Ice Cores Reveal Climate Warming, Catastrophic Drought By Earle Holland Ice cores drilled through a glacier more than four miles up in the Himalayan Mountains have yielded a highly detailed record of the last 1,000 years of earth's climate ...
The Associated Press July 20, 2000	ABCNEWS.com : Melting of Greenland Raises Sea Level By Paul Recer A warming climate is melting more than 50 billion tons of water a year from the Greenland ice sheet ..

Updated 2001 May 6.

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