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Climate Change: Selected Resources: Websites

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  • Pew Center on Global Climate Change - Global warming basics
    The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a nonprofit organization that advocates for more stringent restrictions on the use of fossil fuels. Includes an introduction to global warming, facts and figures, FAQs, fact sheets and science briefs, and a glossary of relevant terms.
  • Nova & Frontline on PBS - What's up with the weather?
    Nova and Frontline investigate the science and politics of global warming. Includes interviews with leading proponents and skeptics of global warming's threat, as well as the science of ice coring, models based on projected ice sheet melting, and ideas to combat global warming.
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
    The Union of Concerned Scientists is a leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment. Their website features information on the science of climate change as well as its impacts at both basic and in-depth levels.
  • Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
    An inter-organizational effort, this map of worldwide events helps to illustrate the global nature of climate change.
  • Carbon Footprint, Ltd. - Carbon footprint calculator
    A carbon footprint is a calculation of the carbon emissions each person is responsible for, either directly because of transportation and energy consumption or indirectly through the manufacture and eventual breakdown of products he or she uses. This interactive site also includes tips for reducing your carbon emissions.

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