Learning Resources

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We have come across some great open-source resources over the years, some of which can be downloaded for you to read and enjoy at your leisure.  Here are a couple of those: 

• Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts and Choices (National Research Council)

• Climate Change:  Evidence and Causes (the Royal Society)

Reliable, unbiased information is important with a subject like climate change.  So here are links to some great sources of this sort of information.

U. S. Government: Science Agencies -- each of these links provide excellent information for use by the general public:

• NOAA's Climate Page :  (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)

• NASA's Climate Page:   (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

• United States Global Change Research Program

Educational Resources from Academic Sources:

• MIT Climate Primer

• Yale Climate Connections

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reports:  This is a very long and detailed study conducted by scientists from all over the world:

• Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: 

• Simulated Global Temperature Change

• Sea Level Rise Viewer

• Story Map:  Climate Migrants

•  Carbon Brief:  Extreme weather around the world 

If you are ready for a deeper dive, there are a ton of great books about various aspects of climate science and related topics.  On our BOOKSHOP page, we have assembled some of our favorites.  I have read every single book in this collection to make sure they are worth recommending.

Climate change is at the center of the mission of many organizations, and joining or donating to one of them is a good way to do your part.  Here are a few you may be interested in:

• Citizens' Climate Lobby:   CCL empowers everyday people to work within their communities and members of Congress on climate change solutions.   This is a worldwide organization with local chapters dedicated to working with elected officials to enact climate-focused legislation.  It is non-partisan and non-confrontational.

• 350.org is working to build a powerful climate movement for a safe climate and a better future — a just, prosperous, and equitable world built with the power of ordinary people.  

• Natural Resources Defense Council:   NRDC uses science, policy, law, and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health, and safeguard nature. 

• The Nature Conservancy: TNC's mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.  This includes climate action. Get involved with The Nature Conservancy by volunteering, attending live or virtual events, taking direct action and lowering your carbon footprint