Recommended Library Resources:
- Search “global warming” in Academic Search Premier for a huge list of popular press and professional articles. Add “united states” to locate information specific to our country. Remember to Sort for Relevance, using the sort button to the right to bring the best articles to the first pages
- Facts.com has several articles on Global Warming included in its Issues and Controversies section.
- For professional and scholarly materials on the issue, use GeoRef (for all aspects of ecology and the environment), Biological and Agricultural Index Plus (for impacts on farming, animals and human biology), and Business Source Premier (for economic impact).
Internet Resources --
- EPA's Global Warming Site
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- National Geographic simulation
- National Climate Data Center – Global Warming
- NASA's Earth Observatory – Global Warming site - Good introduction and background from the side bar
- NASA Goddard Institute – Global Warming Debate - Good summary of the debate issues and techniques
- Global Change Master Directory - Large portal of global information on global warming & Kyoto Protocol
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - UN portal to global warming and Kyoto Protocol
- GAO Report (1998): Administration's Proposal in Support of the Kyoto Protocol
- GAO Report (2004): Climate Change: Analysis of Two Studies of Estimated Costs of Implementing the Kyoto Protocol
- Congressional Budget Office - The Economics of Climate Change: a primer
- Professional Papers:
- EPA's conference page on the impact on agriculture
- Cloudy Skies: Assessing Public Understanding of Global Warming
- Kyoto Protocol: Just a lot of hot air? - From Environmental Health Perspective