The Ocean In A Warming Climate Workshop, March 21, 2009 Website Resources OUR SPEAKER Dr. Joshua Willis http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Willis/ “Willis honored for climate change publicity” (October 2008) http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/features/200810-2.html BY/WITH DR. JOSHUA WILLIS Jet Propulsion Laboratory podcasts (June 2008) “Tall Oceans and Global Warming” http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/podcast/ostm20080617.cfm From National Public Radio (NPR) “The Mystery of Global Warming’s Missing Heat” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88520025 From EarthSky: A Clear Voice for Science “Josh Willis on oceans and Earth’s energy balance” An interview with Dr. Josh Willis (~8 minutes) http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52704/josh-willis-on-earths-energy-balance INSTRUMENTS & MISSIONS ECCO: Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean Using data gathered from multiple sources, satellites and in situ measurements (as from Argo floats), this project aims to produce a three-dimensional global state of the ocean. http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/projects/ECCO/ Argo: A global array of 3,000 free-drifting floats that measure the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000m of the ocean. http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/ CLIMATE CHANGE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/ NASA’s Global Climate Change website http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov US News & World Report “An Atlas of Climate Change” (July 2008) http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/environment/2008/07/25/an-atlas-of-climate- change.html JPL’s Climate Time Machine This series of visualizations show how some of the key indicators of climate change, such as 1 The Ocean In A Warming Climate Workshop, March 21, 2009 Website Resources temperature, sea ice extent and carbon dioxide concentrations, have changed in Earth’s recent history. http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ClimateTimeMachine/climateTimeMachine.cfm The Keeling Curve, and lessons to be drawn from it http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/program_history/keeling_curve_lessons.html The National Academies: America’s Climate Choices http://dels.nas.edu/basc/climate-change/ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Ocean and Climate Change Institute http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12455 Ocean Conveyor’s ‘Pump’ Switches Back On http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=54347 Rate of Ocean Circulation Directly Linked to Abrupt Climate Change in North Atlantic Region http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12455&tid=282&cid=883 Climate Choices: Analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists of climate change consequences for California http://www.climatechoices.org/ca/index.html United States Environmental Protection Agency http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html and their site for kids http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html California Climate Change Portal http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/ From BBC News - In pictures: How the world is changing Part of their “Planet under pressure” series. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/sci_nat_how_the_world_is_changing/ht ml/1.stm “Planet under pressure” homepage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/planet/default.stm Climate Change Education A website with links to information on climate change at museums and universities (among other organizations). http://www.climatechangeeducation.org/ 350: 24 October 2009 International Day of Climate Action http://www.350.org/ GLOBAL WARMING JPL’s Global Warming Tube: Videos and webcasts about global warming http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/index.cfm 2 The Ocean In A Warming Climate Workshop, March 21, 2009 Website Resources Union of Concerned Scientists: Global Warming 101 http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/global_warming_101/ NOAA: Global Warming “Frequently Asked Questions” http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html Kids vs. Global Warming: Empowering youth to cool the Earth http://www.kids-vs-global-warming.com/Home.html GlobalWarmingKids.net http://globalwarmingkids.net/ Earth Science Webcast Series: NASA Langley Research Center, in co-operation with NOAA and the Virginia Department of Education Region 2 Math/Science Coalition Upcoming webcasts include Tides, The Story of Ocean Heat Storage, and Global Warming, Causes and Consequences. http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/>http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/ Welcome to Global Warming Art: A collection of figures and images that accurately highlight and describe key issues necessary to understanding our world’s changing climate. http://www.globalwarmingart.com/ GLACIERS National Ice Core Laboratory http://nicl.usgs.gov/prewho.htm From NOVA Extreme Ice: An acclaimed photographer teams up with scientists to document the runaway melting of arctic glaciers. Airs March 24 at 8pm. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/extremeice/ From National Geographic Extreme Ice Survey: Collects visual evidence of retreating glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, the Alps, Bolivia and on Mount Kilimanjaro. http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/ CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences): National Snow and Ice Data Center Introduction to glaciers, how they form, what they can tell us about the planet, etc. http://nsidc.org/glaciers/ What types of glaciers are there? http://nsidc.org/glaciers/questions/types.html USGS (US Geological Survey): Glaciers and Icecaps – Storehouses of freshwater http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthglacier.html 3 The Ocean In A Warming Climate Workshop, March 21, 2009 Website Resources World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Glacier Facts http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/problems/impacts/glaciers/glacier _facts/index.cfm HowStuffWorks: How Glaciers Work http://science.howstuffworks.com/glacier1.htm Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?age_id=4 GLACIERS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE JPL: Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Changing Climate” http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/glacier/ United Nations Environment Programme: Global Glaciers Changes – Facts and Figures http://www.grid.unep.ch/glaciers/ NASA: A Multimedia History of Glacier Bay, Alaska http://glacier-bay.gsfc.nasa.gov/ National Geographic: “GeoSigns – The Big Thaw” (Sept 2004) http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/earths-atmosphere/geo-signs-thaw.html American Museum of Natural History: Science Bulletin Melting Glaciers: Clues to Climate Change Follow a team of glaciologists racing to core the world's largest tropical ice cap--before global warming melts it away. http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/earth/f/glaciers.20050331/ Washington Post: “Melting Glaciers Threaten Ganges” Slideshow about the cultural and religious significance of the Ganges, and what the retreat of its glaciers might mean. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070607/GAL-07Jun07-77064/index.html SEA LEVEL RISE Climate change and sea level rise: Fact Sheet http://www.csiro.au/resources/SeaLevelRise.html Current sea level rise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise How much will sea level rise? http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/09/how-much-will-sea-level-rise/ 4 The Ocean In A Warming Climate Workshop, March 21, 2009 Website Resources An interactive map showing inundation levels for different parts of the world depending on the height of sea level rise. http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=43.3251,-101.6015&z=13&m=7 Sea Level Rise Reports from the EPA http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/GlobalWarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsSeaLevelRis eIndex.html Sea level rise maps and GIS data https://www.cresis.ku.edu/research/data/sea_level_rise/index.html PALEOCLIMATOLOGY NOAA: Education & Outreach for Paleoclimatology http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/education.html NOAA Ocean Explorer: Paleoclimate and Deep-Sea Corals http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05stepstones/background/paleoclimate/paleoclimate.html How do we study “Global Warming?” http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/howdo.html Paleoclimatology: How can we infer past climates? http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/proxies/paleoclimate.html SCIENCE BLOGS: CLIMATE CHANGE & GLOBAL WARMING RealClimate: Climate science from climate scientists http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/start-here/ Their response to Michael Crichton’s book “State of Fear” in which the author argues against global warming: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/michael-crichtons-state- of-confusion/ A Few Things Ill Considered: How to talk to a climate skeptic http://scienceblogs.com/illconsidered/2008/07/how_to_talk_to_a_sceptic.php SkepticalScience: Examining the science of global warming skepticism http://www.skepticalscience.com/ Ocean Acidification blog: Sponsored by the European Project on Ocean Acidification http://oceanacidification.wordpress.com/ Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: A blog focused on helping elementary teachers become more knowledgeable about the polar regions. http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/polar/ National Science Digital Library “Exemplary Resources for Middle School Math and Science” - A blog focused on helping middle school math and science teachers find the best online resources on the web. This is the link to 5 The Ocean In A Warming Climate Workshop, March 21, 2009 Website Resources their climate change blog posting. http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/middle-school-math-science/category/climate-change/ SOCIO-ECONOMIC Shifting Baselines: Common sense for the oceans http://www.shiftingbaselines.org/index.php NOVA: World in the Balance The threats facing human populations, national economies, and global