AccuWeather - Weather forecasts, weather graphics, current weather radar, and weather data.
Acid Rain Data and Reports - On-line data and reports on acid rain, atmospheric deposition and precipitation chemistry.
Air Quality Monitoring Networks in Canada - Provides information on Environment Canada's air quality measuring and monitoring networks. Many of these networks are managed in co-operation with provincial or territorial governments, or university researchers.
These stations measure pollutants and other chemicals in the atmosphere which may originate in Canada, or from international sources. Information from these networks is used by scientists to track and understand changes in our air quality, determine the effectiveness of air quality regulations, and identify new concerns. Researchers also depend on these measurements to develop and test complex air-quality models, which can be used to produce air-quality forecasts for major Canadian centers, or to understand the potential effects of proposed regulations, new technologies, and other changes in the environment.
An Inconvenient Truth - With wit, smarts and hope, An Inconvenient Truth ultimately brings home Al Gore's persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization.
Artic Theme Page - Provides access to widely distributed Arctic data and information for scientists, students, teachers, academia, managers, decision makers and the general public. Studies now underway in the Arctic should lead to more reliable forecasts of weather over the Arctic and in heavily populated mid-latitude areas.
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) - One of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA/AOML is a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and is located in Miami, Florida. AOML's mission is to conduct basic and applied research in oceanography, tropical meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic chemistry, and acoustics. The research seeks to understand the physical characteristics and processes of the ocean and the atmosphere, both separately and as a coupled system.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) - Program created in 1989 with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Sponsored by DOE's Office of Science and managed by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research, ARM is a multi-laboratory, interagency program, and is a key contributor to national and international research efforts related to global climate change. A primary objective of the program is improved scientific understanding of the fundamental physics related to interactions between clouds and radiative feedback processes in the atmosphere. ARM focuses on obtaining continuous field measurements and providing data products that promote the advancement of climate models.
Avalanche.org - A collective group of dedicated professionals engaged in the study, forecasting, control and mitigation of snow avalanches.
Bering Climate - Developing ecological and climatic indices for the Bering Sea which will serve as measures of climate and ecosystem status for the Bering Sea. The Bering Sea is one of the world's major fisheries, and fisheries from Alaskan waters represents half of the landed U.S. catch of fish and shellfish.
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) - Seeks to advance understanding of the Earth's atmosphere and climate, to help apply this knowledge to benefit the public, and to advise the federal government on issues within the Board's areas of expertise.
Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) - Dedicated to bringing together professionals to develop knowledge and understanding of avalanches, to encourage communication and promote industry standards, and to provide high quality avalanche education.
Canadian Climate: National Climate Data and Information Archive - Official climate and weather observations for Canada. Climate elements, such as temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, visibility, cloud types, cloud heights and amounts, soil temperature, evaporation, solar radiation and sunshine as well as occurrences of thunderstorms, hail, fog or other weather phenomena are warehoused in a digital database.
Carbon Cycle Science Program - Provides scientific information on the fate of carbon dioxide in the environment and a scientific foundation for estimating the capacity of the land and the ocean to sequester and store the considerable quantities of carbon dioxide anticipated from human activities in the future.
Carbon Footprint - Carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide. How big is yours ? Find out, and then do something about it.
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO) - Conducts research and provides information about issues of climate change. CICERO's four main areas of research are (1) Atmospheric and climatic effects of emissions and emissions reductions (2) Impacts of climate change: Vulnerability, adaptation and costs, (3) Climate agreements: Design, implementation and costs, and (4) Climate policy: Instruments for national implementation.
Atmospheric Composition Data and Information Services Center (ACDISC) - Ozone research. ACDISC provides convenient access to AC data and information from various remote-sensing missions, from heritage TOMS, UARS, MODIS, and AIRS datasets, to the most recent data from Aura OMI, MLS, HIRDLS as well as AC datasets residing at other remote archive sites.
Climate Ark - Climate change news and information portal.
Climate Care - Organized to tackle climate change by reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by offsetting - making CO2 reductions on behalf of individuals and companies.
Climate Central -
News, information and research on climate change issues.
Climate Change Futures - A project by The Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School that examines the health, ecological and economic risks of climate instability.
Climate Change Impacts on the U.S. - Public comment web-site for the draft report Climate Change Impacts for the U.S.: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.
Climate Change Science - Study prepared by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to provide the White House with assistence in climate change issues. Published in 2001.
Climate Group - Mission is to catalyze business and government leadership on climate change in order to put the world on track for a low carbon economy.
Climate Institute - Works to protect the balance between climate and life on earth by facilitating discussion among scientists, policy makers, business executives and citizens. The Institute strives to be a source of objective, reliable information.
Climate Reality Project - Bringing the facts about the climate crisis into the mainstream and engaging the public in conversation about how to solve it. Founded and chaired by Al Gore, Nobel Laureate and former Vice President of the United States.
Climate Registry - A nonprofit partnership developing an accurate, complete, consistent and transparent greenhouse gas emissions measurement protocol that is capable of supporting voluntary and mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting policies for its members and reporters. Provides a verified set of greenhouse gas emissions data from its reporters supported by a robust accounting and verification infrastructure.
Climate Research Unit (CRU) - One of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.
climateprediction.net - A climate prediction model organizaed by researchers at the University of Oxford to be run on home/ school/ work computers. By getting data from thousands of climate models, it plans to generate the world's largest climate prediction experiment.
Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) - Meteorology education and training, program information, workshop and teletraining schedules, computer-based learning module descriptions and sales information, outreach program opportunities, and general information about COMET activities.
Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) - The DMSP program designs, builds, launches, and maintains several near polar orbiting, sun synchronous satellites monitoring the meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics environments.
Discovery of Global Warming - The history of scientific work on climate change from the 19th century to 2001, told in a set of hyperlinked essays.
Earth Observatory - Showcases NASA's latest Earth science research, focusing on global climate change, remote sensing, and unusual events.
Chemical Sciences Division -
Quantifying the processes that control the chemical makeup of Earth's atmosphere.
Global Monitoring Division - Providing information on atmospheric constituents that drive climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and baseline air quality.
Global Systems Division - Conducts research and development to provide NOAA and the nation with observing, prediction, computer, and information systems that deliver environmental products ranging from local to global predictions of short-range, high impact weather and air quality events to longer-term intraseasonal climate forecasts.
Physical Sciences Division - Conducts weather and climate research to observe and understand Earth's physical environment, and to improve weather and climate predictions on global-to-local scales.
El Niño Theme Page - Introduction to El Niño, a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather around the globe.
Environment Canada -
Employs over 7000 employees from a broad range of fields including biology, chemistry, meteorology, climatology, engineering, commerce, communications, engineering, law enforcement, environmental sciences, hydrology, informatics, law, library science, policy, and more. Provide the science and technology information needed so that Canadians can make informed decisions about the environment. Involved in climate change research, meteorlogical and weather research, air quality research, water research, and nature and natural ecosystems research.
Environmental Defense: Climate - Works to stabilize Earth's climate by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. Global and regional air quality is another major area of action.
Extreme Weather Sourcebook - Economic and other societal impacts related to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, lightning, and other U.S. weather phenomena.
Exxon Secrets - How Exxon funds climate change skeptics.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory - Research to expand scientific understanding of the physical processes that govern the behavior of the atmosphere and the oceans as complex fluid systems. These systems can then be modeled mathematically and their phenomenology studied by computer simulation methods.
Global Carbon Project - The growing realization that anthropogenic climate change is a reality has focused the attention of the scientific community, policymakers and the general public on the rising concentration of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, and on the carbon cycle in general. The scientific goal of this project is to develop a complete picture of the global carbon cycle, including both its biophysical and human dimensions together with the interactions and feedbacks between them.
Global Climate Change - The Government of Canada's web site on global climate change.
Global Environement Facility (GEF) - Helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment. GEF grants support projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.
Heat Is On - Global climate change resources, articles, and news.
Household Emissions Calculator - A software tool that: allows you to estimate your personal co2 emissions, compares your emissions to the average for your province or territory, offers hints and tips to reduce emissions, shows specific reductions acheived for different steps taken, provides up-to-date information on climate change and links to other important sites.
Jenifer Clark's Gulfstream - Using infrared imagery, satellite altimetry data, and surface isotherm data, oceanographic analyses are produced and available for the Gulf Stream area and all the major currents of the world.
Laboratory of Tree Ring Research - University of Arizaona, Tucson. The primary mission of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research is to apply dendrochronology (the study of tree rings) to improve understanding of natural environmental variability in climatic, hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological systems and their interactions with human societies.
Live Weather Images - Current weather images in general, current regional images, forecast maps, satellite imagery, European images, bodies of water data, seismic activity, city and regional doppler radars, movie loops, surf information, aviation information, and weather cams. Also: Calculate sunrise/sunset times, calculate heat index and wind chill values, get up to the minute National Weather Service forecasts for your local area, and check tide predictions.
NASA Earth Observatory - New satellite imagery and scientific information with a focus on the Earth's climate and environmental change.
National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NAPD) - A nationwide network of precipitation monitoring sites and cooperative effort between different groups, including State Agricultural Experiment Stations, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and numerous other governmental and private entities.
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Established in 1960 to serve as a focus for research on atmospheric and related science problems. Recognized for its scientific contributions to our understanding of the earth system, including climate change, changes in atmospheric composition, Earth-Sun interactions, weather formation and forecasting, and the impacts of all of these components on human societies.
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) - NCEP, a critical part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service, is the starting point for nearly all weather forecasts in the U.S.
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service - The NOAA/NESDIS mission is to provide timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to protect the U.S. economy, security, environment, and quality of life.
National Ice Center - Quality operational global regional and tactical scale sea ice analyses and forecasts tailored to meet the requirements of U.S. national interests and provide selected METOC services to specified DOD agencies in the Washington D.C. area.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - An organization of the Department of Commerce, NOAA is comprised of the National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Environmental Satellite Data, and Information Service, and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Warns of dangerous weather, charts seas and skies, guides the use of ocean and coastal resources, and conducts research.
National Geophysical Data Center - Manages environmental data in marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, and glaciology (snow and ice).
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) - The NPP mission collects and distributes remotely-sensed land, ocean, and atmospheric data to the meteorological and global climate change communities as the responsibility for these measurements transitions from existing Earth-observing missions such as Aqua and Aura, to the NPOESS. It will provide atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, humidity sounding, land and ocean biological productivity, and cloud and aerosol properties.
Marine Weather - Marine forecasts and outlooks for U.S. Coastal areas and Great Lakes. Offshore and high seas forecasts for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico.
Radar Graphics - Local and national radar products from the U.S. National Weather Service, including the latest images and animations for your area.
U.S. Weather- Weather conditions for the past 24 hours, forecasts, watches, and warnings for the U.S.
Weather Maps - Facsimile charts produced by the U.S. National Weather Service.
NOAA Aircraft Operations Center - Airplanes and helicopters of the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) are flown in support of NOAA's mission to promote global environmental assessment, prediction and stewardship of the Earth's environment.
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) - Work includes understanding the roles of gases and particles that contribute to climate change, providing climate information related to water management decisions, improving weather prediction, understanding the recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer, and developing air quality forecast models.
NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery - Produces high-resolution, detailed satellite imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at the NOAA Science Center in Suitland, Maryland. Browse the archive of diverse "Significant Event Imagery" visible in satellite data:
Current Events (includes Hurricane Charley and images of Iraq)
Northern Climate ExChange (NCE) - Created in response to growing concern over the impacts of climate change on the land, life, and communities of northern Canada. The effects of climate change are projected to be greatest and to come most swiftly to the polar regions of the world, and there is growing evidence that the impacts of climate change are already being noticed in these regions. While the focus of the work of the NCE is on activities within the Yukon, the NCE has received funding to undertake projects that are relevant across northern Canada.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change - Dedicated to providing credible information, straight answers and innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change.
Polar Science Center (PSC) - A multidisciplinary research facility involved in numerous studies of sea, ice, polar oceanography, and meteorology with primary funding from NASA, NOAA, NSF, and ONR.
RealClimate - A commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists that provides a quick response to developing stories and context often missing in mainstream commentary.
Research Applications Laboratory (RAL) - RAL scientists and engineers work closely with other centers and agencies, as well as the aviation industry, to improve the timeliness, accuracy, and presentation of weather information to better predict, detect and warn of atmospheric hazards that significantly affect aviation commerce.
River Watch Mississippi River Basin - Includes National Weather Service river forecasts and flood information for all of the Mississippi River and its navigatable tributaries including the Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny, and Kanawha Rivers.
Scripps Climate Research Division - CRD scientists study a broad range of phenomena spanning time scales from a few weeks to several decades. Research themes include predicting the natural variability of climate and understanding the consequences of man-made increases in the greenhouse effect.
Snow Crystals - All about snow crystals and snowflakes.
Southern Regional Climate Center (SRCC) - One of six NOAA Regional Climate Centers administered by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The SRCC serves the six-state region that includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Its services and research help to explain climate and its impacts in the South, provide practical solutions to specific climate problems, and allow us to develop information about climate-sensitive issues such as agriculture, climate change, energy, tropical storms, the environment, human health, risk management, transportation, and water resources.
SpaceWeather.com - Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
State of the Climate -
A summary of global and US national temperatures and precipitation, placing the data into a historical perspective. Provided by NOAA.
Today's Space Weather - Presented by the Space Weather Prediction Center, providing real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances.
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - Through its research, training and outreach activities the Tyndall Centre seeks to engage with stakeholders and to explore and develop new technologies, lifestyles, economic instruments and regulatory mechanisms that will allow climate change to be managed.
U.S. Climate Change Science Program - Integrates federal research on climate and global change, as sponsored by thirteen federal agencies and overseen by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Council on Environmental Quality, the National Economic Council and the Office of Management and Budget.
U.S. Country Studies Program - Provides financial and technical assistance to developing and transition countries for climate change studies.
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) - Provides the foundation for increasing the skill of predictions of seasonal-to-interannual climate fluctuations (which can bring excessively wet and dry periods) and long-term climate change. The USGCRP also sponsors research to understand the vulnerabilities to changes in important environmental factors, including changes in climate, ultraviolet (UV) radiation at the Earth's surface, and land cover.
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Data - Global change data and research, including a continuously-updated catalog that provides a comprehensive list of global change-related data available from federal agencies.
U.S. National Assessment Climate Change - This Assessment has begun a national process of research, analysis, and dialogue about the coming changes in climate, their impacts, and what Americans can do to adapt to an uncertain and continuously changing climate.
UNEP: Climate Change - UNEP raises awareness on climate change through information and media activities, supports the UNFCCC Secretariat with its media needs and the IPCC information and outreach activities, including electronic publishing of IPCC reports, and facilitates sub-regional and national climate change outreach campaigns.
Unidata - Atmospheric and related data sponsored the by the National Science Foundation.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) - As a consortium of universities dedicated to education and research to enrich understanding of the earth system. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the UCAR Office of Programs (UOP).
Weather Wundergound - State-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for over 60,000 U.S. and international cities. Also, provides historical weather data.
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World Bank Carbon Finance Unit (CFU) - CFU uses money contributed by governments and companies in OECD countries to purchase project-based greenhouse gas emission reductions in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The emission reductions are purchased through one of the CFU's carbon funds on behalf of the contributor, and within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) or Joint Implementation (JI).
World Climate - Information on what the weather is normally like for tens of thousands of places worldwide. Contains over 85,000 records of world climate data (historical weather averages) from a wide range of sources.
WWW Virtual Library: Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography - Extensive paleoclimate links, including academic institutions, commercial sites, data archives, government institutions, museums, projects, publications, societies, and more.
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