Climate Science Resources

Scientists will be able to study events such as tropical storm Karl, which developed in the Atlantic in September 2016, using the OpenIFShome project. (Image: NASA Visible Earth, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response team)

Climate Science Resources

If you are interested in finding out more about climate science and climate change, you might find the following online resources useful.

Realclimate.org

RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.

They aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary.

RealClimate also have a useful page of resources about climate science.

IPCC FAQ

For the 4th Assessment Report in 2007, the IPCC Working Group I, which wrote the report on the Physical Basis of Climate Change, produced an FAQ to accompany their report.

The most recent report from the IPCC is the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ºC, which came out in 2018. You can read it online here.

Climate Central communicates the science and effects of climate change to the public and decision-makers. They are an independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.

Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on climate science, energy, sea level rise, wildfires, drought, and related topics.

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Union of Concerned Scientists has a large section on their website about global warming and what you can do about it.

Free Online Courses

As well as the free online course offered by Oxford University, there are several free online courses you can take, covering topics such as climate science and climate change.