Climate Modeling 101

From the NOAA website, a basic introduction to climate modeling to predict and understand both natural and human caused climate change. The website says what climate modeling is and why they do it, and it describes some of the data they collect like temperature variability.

Modeling Climate

Here is a youtube video called "Climate Modeling with Supercomputers.

Climate Modeling with Supercomputers

Speleothem and Paleoclimatology

Report written by Dominik Fleitmann, Pauline Treble, Francisco Cruz Jr., Julie Cole, and Kim Cobb. The report details findings in caves with speleothems such as stalagmites, stalactites, and flowstones and what they tell us about past climates and climate change.

Speleothem Climate Proxy

Greenhouse Gases

Here are a list of greenhouse gases, explained by the National Climate Data Center. Gases include: Methane, Water Vapor, Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, and Nitrous Oxide, among others.

NCDC on Greenhouse Gases

The EPA also has its webpage on GHGs which includes what the major ones are, how they are emitted, the leading causes of GHG emissions and the leading nations responsible for the most GHG emissions.

EPA on GHGs

This image depicts the greenhouse effect when the suns rays get reflected and trapped in the atmosphere. You can see the full-size image by clicking the link below.

Full Size Greenhouse Effect