Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

Resources: Global Warming and Climate Change


	LPL Professor Emeritus Robert Strom has marshalled together several resources about global warming and climate change, including a PowerPoint tutorial, for all those interested in this important issue. All materials are available in PDF format. (Overview)
ECONOMIC & SOCIETAL COSTS Climate Change Effects on the United States: Impacts Report Executive Summary Summary and Findings Climate Change Synthesis Report EPA Report on Health Impacts Global Warming Costs to the U.S. Impacts on Society for Three Scenarios Oxfam Climate Report GLOBAL WARMING TUTORIAL PowerPoint format (Mac/Win) (103MB) ZIP file (90MB) For your convenience, the tutorial is presented as individual sections for download (PowerPoint format): 1. Introduction 2. Fundamentals 3. Past Climates 4. Greenhouse Gas Levels 5. Temperature Increase 6. Human Cause 6a. Human Cause Summary 7. Consequences 8. Arctic and Antarctic 9. Oceans 10. Weather Changes 11. Impacts in U.S. 12. The Future IPCC 2007 REPORTS Containing the science, impacts, and mitigation summaries, and a complete report summary of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 assessment. Impacts: Summary for Policymakers Impacts: Technical Summary Mitigation: Summary for Policymakers Mitigation: Technical Summary Science Summary: Summary for Policymakers Science Summary: Technical Summary Report Summary CLIMATE-RELATED SITES Real Climate MetOffice National Climate Data Center: Global Warming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Woods Hole Research Center GISS Surface Temperature Analysis Global Warming: Early Warning Signs UNEP/GRID-Arednal: Maps and Graphics		SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS A talk and a chapter by Dr. Naomi Oreskes on consensus in science, and the science consensus on global warming and its primary cause. This material is particularly important for the non-scientist, and even some scientists, to understand when the media, politicians and others mention it with respect to global warming. Oreskes Chapter 4 Oreskes on Science Consensus Oreskes Summary Oreskes References POLITICAL INTERFERENCE The report by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives titled “Political Interference with Climate Change Science Under the Bush Administration.” Download/View SKEPTICISM Various climate change myths and their explanations. Climate Change: A Guide for the Perplexed Climate Skepticism: The Top 10 The Skeptics vs. the Ozone Hole CONTACT Robert G. Strom Professor Emeritus Department of Planetary Sciences Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 e-mail: rstrom@lpl.arizona.edu Professor Strom’s book, “Hot House: Global Climate Change and the Human Condition” is available from Amazon.com