The following selected resources provide a cross-section of information about global climate change and is not intended to be comprehensive. The appearance of a resource here does not constitute endorsement by NASA, nor can NASA attest to the accuracy of content provided at these links.

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  Climate Change Overviews

  • U.S. EPA Homepage

    Comprehensive site on all aspects of climate change from the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection. Information about news, science, and policy.

  • NOAA Research

    Summaries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's research into several different aspects of global climate change.

  • Understanding Climate Change

    A global warming primer from NCAR and UCAR.

  • World Resources Institute Climate Analysis Indicators Tool

    Comprehensive compilation of charts, facts and figures about global climate change.

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  News

  • NASA's Earth Observatory News

    NASA’s earth science news site -– information and updates from NASA's Earth science initiatives.

  • EPA News

    The latest climate news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • JPL Earth News

    Earth science news from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA site that operates numerous Earth-monitoring space missions.

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  Science and Research

  › Data Archives and Directories

  • SERVIR

    NASA-USAID venture providing satellite data to help developing nations improve environmental decision-making.

  • Global Change Master Directory

    NASA's comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data.

  • Climate Diagnostics Directory

    Website from the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites that provides visualizations of climate trends and variability.

  • NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

    Provides access to complete oceanography data sets obtained from Earth observing satellites.

  • Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

    Data, data related services, and data support for global environmental change research and education.

  › Research Integration

  • U.S. Climate Change Science Program

  › Atmosphere/Weather

  • Tropical Cyclone Information System

    Prototype tropical-cyclone database and web portal utilizing satellite observations, in situ measurements, and model outputs.

  • EPA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division

    EPA Project to research and model future atmospheric change.

  • EPA Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    EPA site on the science of emissions and greenhouse gases.

  • USGCRP Atmospheric Composition Page

    US Global Climate Change Program page for atmospheric composition research.

  • NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Global Monitoring Division

    Information, graphs, and updates on the latest research into ozone depletion, air quality, and carbon levels in the atmosphere.

  • National Climatic Data Center

    Reports on weather, climate events, atlases, and images of Earth's climate in action.

  • Ozone Hole Watch

    Daily status reports on the ozone layer over the South Pole.

  › Oceans

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Institute for the study of the effects of global climate change on the ocean and polar ice.

  • USGCRP Global Water Cycle Page

    U.S. Global Climate Change Program page for global water cycle and ocean research.

  › Health and Wildlife

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Climate Change

    News, climate change basics and related wildlife management issues.

  • USGCRP Ecosystems Page

    U.S. Global Climate Change Program page for ecosystems research.

  • EPA Health and Environmental Effects

    EPA portal to information on how climate change effects humans and animals.

  • WHO Global Environment Change Site

    World Heath Organization information on how climate change affects human populations.

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  Policy

  • Earth Sciences Decadal Survey

    Comprehensive, 500-page survey of climate change and policy, available for free online.

  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Publications and information about the UNFCCC, an international working group on climate change.

  • Gateway to the U.N. System's Work on Climate Change

    News, links, and information about the U.N.’s climate change policies and initiatives.

  • Pew Center on Global Climate Change

    Comprehensive site featuring reports on climate change research, policy, and action.

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  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

  U.N. initiative to provide objective information about climate change

  › Synthesis report

  • › Summary
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  › Working group I report "The Physical Science Basis":

  • › Summary
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  › Working Group II Report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability":

  • › Summary
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  › Working Group III Report "Mitigation of Climate Change":

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  Mitigation

  • EPA "What You Can Do"

    EPA's guide to reducing your personal greenhouse gas emissions.

  • U.S. Climate Change Technology Program

    Site for U.S. government initiatives to develop technology that fights climate change.