Books and Articles on Climate

• Allmon, W. D., T. A. Smrecak, and R. M. Ross, 2010, Climate Change—Past, Present & Future: a Very Short Guide, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 200 pp.
• Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts, 2011, Understanding Earth's Deep Past Lessons for our Climate Future, National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
• Karl, T. R., J. M. Melillo, and T. C. Peterson, eds., 2009, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY, 188 pp.
• Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006, World map of Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated, Meterologische Zeitschrift, 15: 259–263.
• Melillo, J. M., T. C. Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, eds., 2014, Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, US Global Change Research Program, 841 pp.
• Retallack, G. J. 2007. Cenozoic paleoclimate on land in North America, The Journal of Geology, 115: 271–294.
• Rosenzweig, C., A. Iglesius, X. B. Yang, P.R. Epstein, and E. Chivian, 2001, Climate change and extreme weather events—implications for food production, plant diseases, and pests, Global Change and Human Health, 2(2): 90–104, and NASA Publications, Paper 24.
• Ruddiman, W. F., 2014, Earth's Climate: Past and Future, 3rd edition, W. H. Freeman, New York, 445 pp.

Websites on Climate

• Climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
• Climate has Changed Throughout Earth's History, National Park Service.
• Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN). [A rich collection of resources for educators.]
• Envisioning Climate Change Using a Global Climate Model, by B. Youngman, M. Chandler, L. Sohl, M. Hafen, T. Ledley, S. Ackerman, and S. Kluge, SERC Earth Exploration Toolkit.
• Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet, NASA. [Information about global climate change, including spectacular satellite images.]
• Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network, Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory. [Data and visualizations.]
• Global Weather, Jetstream, Online School for Weather, National Weather Service.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).
• JetStream, Online School for Weather, National Weather Service, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
• National Climate Assessment. [Reports summarizing impacts of climate change.]
• National Weather Service, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
• NOAA's El Nino Portal, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
• North America During the Last 150,000 Years, compiled by J. Adams.
• Paleomap Project. [Maps and information about Earth’s tectonic and climate history.]
• Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
• US Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification.
• Weather Base. [Weather and climate data by country, state, and city.]
• Weatherunderground Maps. [A variety of types of weather maps, including surface, temperature, moisture, wind, cloud cover, precipitation.]
• Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States, by D. L. Elliott, C. G. Holladay, W. R. Barchet, H. P. Foote, and W. F. Sandusky, 1986, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.

Websites on State- or Region-Specific Climate Resources

• Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), The University of Arizona.
• Climate Change and Drought in the American Southwest, Climate Institute.
• Climate of Arizona, Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute.
• Climate of Colorado, Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute.
• Climate of New Mexico, Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute.
• Climate of Utah, Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute.
• Colorado Plateau Carbon Connections, collaboration among Northern Arizona University, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, and Oregon Public Broadcasting. [High school curriculum on climate change.]
• Extreme Weather and Climate Change: The Southwest, 2011, Climate Central.
• Fischetti, M., 2015, U.S. droughts will be the worst in 1,000 years: the southwest and central Great Plains will dry out even more than previously thought, Scientific American.
• Garfin, G., A. Jardine, R. Merideth, M. Black, and S. LeRoy, eds., 2013, Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: a Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment, Southwest Climate Alliance, Island Press, Washington, DC, 506 pp.
• Gordon, E. and D. Ojima, 2015, Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study: a Report Submitted to the Colorado Energy Office, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 175 pp.
• Hereford, R., R. H. Webb, and S. Graham, 2002, Precipitation History of the Colorado Plateau Region, 1900–2000, USGS Fact Sheet 119-02, 4 pp.
• Kunkel, K. E, L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, K. T. Redmond, and J.G. Dobson, 2013, Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Part 5. Climate of the Southwest U.S., NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-5, 79 pp.
• NOAA, United States Climate Page. [Clickable state map of the US to get city-by-city climate data, 1961–1990.]
• The Paleontology Portal. [North American fossil record and geologic and climate histories, by state.]
• Our Changing Climate: Southwest, National Climate Assessment.
• Ray, A. J., J. J. Barsugli, and K. B. Averyt, 2008, Climate Change in Colorado: a Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation, A Report for the Colorado Water Conservation Board, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, 52 pp.
• Southwest Climate Change Network, The University of Arizona.
• Southwest, Regional Impacts, Climate Nexus: Changing the Conversation.
• Weatherbase. [Monthly averages and forecasts for cities for each state.]