Enhanced greenhouse effect – a hot international topic
Useful Sites
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (Commonwealth Government)
This site provides a range of information. For example, click on 'What is climate change' for information about climate change and emissions projections and click on 'What the Government is doing' for links to Australian initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
CSIRO (Australia)
State of the climate
Provides an update on how climate has changed in Australia.
The greenhouse effect
Provides information about the major greenhouse gases and their likely affect on global climate.
Climate literacy: The essential principles of climate sciences (US Climate Change Science Program)
Presents principle facts about climate and climate change with supporting information for each principle.
Understanding and responding to climate change (The National Academies, USA)
Highlights known facts about climate change, its impacts, required areas of research and ways of preparing for it.
Maps and graphics (United Nations Environment Progamme GRID Arendal)
Provides a wide range of graphics showing the impact of climate change, including changes to temperature, rainfall and crop production, as well as the impact on natural disasters, sea level, disease and wildlife.
Royal Society (UK)
Facts and fictions about climate change
Examines twelve arguments put forward by opponents of urgent action on climate change, using scientific evidence to identify flaws in the arguments.
Climate change – in my view
Five members of the Royal Society present their views on climate change.
Provides links to current news items about different aspects of the enhanced greenhouse effect.
Climate change (Met Office, UK)
This site provides a range of information on climate change including climate change science, a guide to the facts and impacts and history of climate change, and the annual United Nations climate change conference.
Global climate change: Research explorer (Exploratorium, USA)
Provides information about the physical processes underlying our climate and the kinds of data needed to determine how the climate is changing. This primer is organised into four interconnected sections – the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere and the biosphere.
American Institute of Physics, USA
Timeline of milestones
Provides a timeline of important dates in the discovery of global warming.
The discovery of global warming
Follows the change in scientific thinking during the 20th century leading to the discovery of rapid climate change.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Cimate Change Tag
A range of articles and information from the entire ABC website on the topic of climate change.
Why we must act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (In Depth, 25 November 2009)
An explanation from Australia’s Chief Scientist of the enhanced greenhouse effect and the potential effects on Australia if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced.
The global warming debate (Ockham’s Razor, 18 May 2008)
Next decade may be cooler, not warmer (News in Science, 1 May 2008)
It's easy being greener (The Lab, 19 October 2006)
Tells how to make a few simple changes to have a big impact on climate change.
Study clears sun of climate change (News in Science, 14 September 2006)
Reports on a study that weakens claims that climate change is due to natural sunspot cycles.
The business of climate change (Background Briefing, 16 October 2005)
Soil may belch out CO2 to warm planet (News in Science, 8 September 2005)
Planet slayer: Prof. Schpinkee's greenhouse calculator
This greenhouse calculator can work out how much of an environmental pig you are, and how long you should live. Also supplies a 'science behind the answers' explanation to each question.
International climate taskforce (Earthbeat, 20 November 2004)
Looks at the business case for acting on climate change and forecasts a spike in global grain prices will force people into action.
The tree totaller (Earthbeat, 5 June 2004)
A new household greenhouse gas calculator aims to help plant more trees to soak up dangerous emissions.
Crystal
ball climate change (The Lab, 22 April 2004)
A good summary of many of the consequences of global warming. Includes
a list of links to other Australian Broadcasting Corporation articles
on climate change.
Page updated February 2012.