Climate Change Impacts

Nasa compiled a list of current and future impacts that will be felt as a result of climate change. They separated them by region of North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa. Then, there are tables of current impacts and future impacts listed by likelihood.

NASA Climate Change Impacts

The Nature Conservatory also a list of impacts. However their list is sorted by type of impact, like economic, environmental, wildlife and landscape.

Nature Conservatory Impacts

Here is a chart taken from the Tennessee Department of Health that shows the potential impacts of climate change and how they will affect human health

Potential Impacts on Human Health

Climate Change Prezi

Here is a creative presentation on climate change, put together by Kendahl Holley. This presentation covers many of the main topics of climate change like the causes, impacts, difficulties, and ways to combat the issue.

Climate Change Prezi

Abrupt Climate Change

Abrupt Climate Change is an article written by Richard Alley for the Scientific American, he writes that  dramatic climate changes can happen quickly and may be inevitable. He also details the effects that could be faced. He writes "It appears likely that humans are pushing certain aspects of climate closer to the thresholds that could unleash sudden changes".

Abrupt Climate Change

Instead of the climate changing gradually, scientists are finding evidence to support abrupt climate change, one of their sources is ice cores. In a summary report the author lists the evidence, triggers, and ways to adapt to abrupt climate change.

Inevitable Surprises

Dr. Jeffrey Masters wrote an article about the science behind abrupt climate change and came to the conclusion that not only is it possible but it seems to be normal for climate to change rapidly.

Science of Abrupt Climate Change

Climate Science as Culture War

Article written by Andrew Hoffman for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, he writes about the gaps between scientific consensus, the cultural processing of climate science, how to introduce a consensus-based discussion, and the different types of views of Americans on climate change.

Climate Change as Culture War

Rising Global Temperatures over the last 11,300 years

Article written by Shaun Marcott, Jeremy Shakun, Peter Clark, and Alan Mix from Oregon State University. They reconstructed the temperature over the past 11,300 years using 73 climate proxies.

A Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperatures for the past 11,300 Years

Here is the press release from from the article above. It contains a summary of the findings and the report, while cutting out some of the scientific terms.

Reconstruction of Temperature History Shows Significance of Recent Warming

Here is an article from the NY Times which also has a summary of the findings from Marcott et al. like the press release does but this article does not have the same bias that the press release might have.

Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years

The Changing Climate in the Northeast

A summary written by the Union of Concerned Scientists based on Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast. This summary breaks up the effects by season and gives some solutions at the end.

Changing Northeast Climate

Also, here is the link to the original report prepared by the NECIA that the summary above is based on.

Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast

Hansen on Environmental Effects

While accepting the 2013 Ridehour Courage Prize, Dr. James Hansen summarizes the key points and issues that we face in terms of climate change.

Hansen on Environmental Impacts

Here are Dr. James Hansen's credentials explaining why he is a reliable source of information when it comes to climate change.

Hansen's Credentials

Global Warming/Ozone Hole

List of basic facts about global warming, including impacts, risks, and how to avoid dangerous climate change by Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, an oceanographer and climatologist.

Climate Change - State of the Science

A paper written by Susan Solomon and Marie-Lise Chanin detailing how science and politics met in the Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocol to help fix the "ozone hole".

The Antarctic Ozone Hole: A Unique Example of the Science and Policy Interface

Climate Change - What is it?

The United States Environmental Protection Agency gives information on Climate Change.

EPA Climate Change Basics


Good Ozone vs. Bad Ozone

The EPA also has a very informative page on ozone in the atmosphere.

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Ozone - Good Up High, Bad Nearby