Virtual Book Display: Climate Change

The planet is showing signs it's in peril. In recent weeks, the world has seen ferocious wildfires in the U.S. West, torrential rains in Africa, weirdly warm temperatures on the surface of tropical oceans, and record heat waves from California to the Siberian Arctic.

Glaciers are dynamic reservoirs of frozen water that affect society on local to global scales, with impacts ranging from global sea level to regional freshwater supply, hazards, and effects on downstream ecosystems.

Want to understand what methane is doing in our atmosphere? Take a look at the new interactive global map produced by Montreal firm GHGSat. Methane's global warming potential is 30 times that of carbon dioxide over a 100-year time period, so it's imperative any unnecessary releases are constrained or curtailed.

Survival in adverse circumstances is a crapshoot. Some people even survive getting shot in the head. The lesson of an ancient riverside Turkish settlement in Tell Tayinat – which may have been home base for the Philistines and where the population seems to have thrived despite bouts of regional climate change 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, archaeologists believe – isn’t that climatic change is survivable; some will survive.

You're probably reading this on your phone. If not, take it out your pocket and look at it. So what has this got to do with energy?
It proves an important point about all successful new technologies: it is easy to see why they were so transformative in hindsight, much harder to predict how they will reshape our world in advance.

The climate crisis has become a key issue not just for American voters in this US election -- but people across the world. What the next president does or doesn't do over the next four years will have a profound impact on the whether the world is able to avert the worst effects of climate change, scientists, policy makers and activists say.

The idea of modifying Earth’s atmosphere to cool the planet, once seen as too risky to seriously consider, is attracting new money and attention.

It isn’t invisible. It isn’t abstract. It isn’t far off in the future, or far off in a different country. Climate change is here.

Even before the deadly virus struck, another menace confronted the global energy industry: the warmest winter anyone can remember.

Yes, Texas has its share of scorching summer days with triple-digit blistering temps. But if you thought September was a little more punishing than normal in terms of heat, you're right.

While Covid-19 has shaken much of human society, the threat posed by global warming has not gone away.
Human activities have increased carbon dioxide emissions, driving up temperatures. Extreme weather and melting polar ice are among the possible effects.

Impacts from climate change are happening now. These impacts extend well beyond an increase in temperature, affecting ecosystems and communities in the United States and around the world.

In America, climate change is often portrayed as a ticking time bomb of far-off devastation through videos of dying polar bears, melting ice caps and rising flood waters. Rarely do we confront the cost that climate change is already having on lives across the globe, especially in marginalized communities.

COVID-19 may only be the beginning of global pandemics – a future scenario in which climate change may also play a role.

Election Day will be a decision between deregulation or re-regulation. A look at Trump's rollbacks and their long term effects nationwide.

Climate change is wreaking havoc on both seasonal patterns and the cultures and histories that are connected to them.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research, and better understanding the Earth through the Earth Observing System. NASA researches and publishes on climate change. This page is a portal to NASA's research and information on climate change.

The Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases (CCGG) research area operates the Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network, measuring the atmospheric distribution and trends of the three main long-term drivers of climate change, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as carbon monoxide (CO) which is an important indicator of air pollution. CCGG is also active in the development of a global model called 'CarbonTracker', a measurement and modeling system developed to keep track of sources (emissions to the atmosphere) and sinks (removal from the atmosphere) of carbon dioxide around the world.

ESRL's Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducts research that addresses three major challenges; greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in clouds, aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations that is dedicated to providing the world with objective, scientific information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of the risk of human-induced climate change, its natural, political, and economic impacts and risks, and possible response options.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere. This site provides and educational overview of the impact of climate change.

The Wildlife Society (TWS) is an international non-profit association involved in wildlife stewardship through science and education. The Wildlife Society works to improve wildlife conservation in North America by advancing the science of wildlife management, promoting continuing education of wildlife professionals, and advocating for sound, science-based wildlife policy.

"[Climate] adaptation expert Doug Parsons ... talks with scientists, activists, policymakers and journalists about the choices we face and the people who make them."

"MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner with the latest research on our changing climate."

"Climate Conversations was a weekly climate change podcast from two MIT alumni and MIT Open Learning, as a part of their ClimateX project. ClimateX was an online platform that facilitated climate change learning, connection, and action."

"[Brings] together top thinkers and doers from business, government, academia and advocacy groups to advance the discussion about a clean energy future."

"Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet"

"Join us, journalist Alex Blumberg and scientist and policy nerd Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, as we scour the Earth for solutions, talk to people who are making a difference, ask hard questions, crack dumb jokes and — episode by episode — figure out how to build the future we want."

"Mothers Of Invention is a podcast on feminist climate change solutions from (mostly) women around the world."

"From corals to coastal science, connect with NOAA experts in our podcast series that explores questions about the ocean environment."

"A podcast that gets to the heart of climate change through personal stories. Hosted by Mary Anne Hitt & Anna Jane Joyner."

"Interviews with environmental / climate change experts discussing the choices we collectively face in determining what future we will shape for ourselves, future generations and all other life within the biosphere."

"Warm Regards is a podcast about life on a warming planet. The show is hosted by Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, and Ramesh Laungani, a biologist at Doane University. Produced by Justin Schell, with transcription and social media support from Joe Stormer and Katherine Peinhardt."

Montgomery Campus Climate Change Campus Resources (Student Activity Groups/Clubs)

Kingwood Campus Climate Change Campus Resources (Student Activity Groups/Clubs)

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North Harris Campus Climate Change Campus Resources (Student Activity Groups/Clubs)

North Harris Campus Climate Change Campus Resources (Student Activity Groups/Clubs)