Resources

Books

• Allmon, W. D., T. A. Smrecak, & R. M. Ross. 2010. Climate Change—Past Present & Future: A Very Short Guide. Paleontological Research Institution (Special Publication no. 38), 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, & T. C. Peterson (eds.). 2009. Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY, 188 pp.
• Melillo, J. M., T. C. Richmond, & G. W. Yohe (eds.). 2014. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. US Global Change Research Program, 841 pp.
• Ruddiman, W. F. 2014. Earth’s Climate: Past and Future, 3rd edition. W. H. Freeman, New York, 445 pp.

Websites: General Resources on Climate

• Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN). (A rich collection of resources for educators.).
• Envisioning Climate Change Using a Global Climate Model, B. Youngman, M. Chandler, L. Sohl, M. Hafen, T. Ledley, S. Ackerman, & S. Kluge, SERC Earth Exploration Toolkit.
• Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. (Climate data particularly from satellite-based remote sensing.).
• Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network, Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth System Research Laboratory. (Data and visualizations.).
• Global Warming and Hurricanes, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, 2013.
• 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 Hurricane Data Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. (News on current hurricane forecasts.).
• 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.
• Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the US 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.).

Websites: State- or Region-specific Climate Resources

• Climates of the States, Climatography of the United States No. 60, US Climate Normals, NOAA Satellite and Information Service.
• Our Changing Climate: Great Plains, National Climate Assessment. (Includes TX, OK, KS.).
• Our Changing Climate: Midwest, National Climate Assessment. (Includes MO.).
• Our Changing Climate: Southeast, National Climate Assessment. (Includes AR and LA.).
• Weatherbase. (Monthly averages and forecasts for cities for each state.).