General sources

IPCC Technical Reports from Working Group 1 (The Physical Science basis)

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html


All the publications of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment

http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx


“Popular summary” of Millenium Ecosystem Assessment

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/ecosystems/


More on forcings

Methane emissions from melting permafrost

http://www.terranature.org/methaneSiberia.htm


The effects of aerosols (“Particulate Consequences”” on climate

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/koch_03/


Carbon cycle

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CarbonCycle.html

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=95

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9r.html

http://www.greenhouse.crc.org.au/about_greenhouse/carboncycle.cfm


Award-winning article on the carbon cycle from National Geographic

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0402/feature5/online_extra.html


Projected effects

**IPCC WG1 Technical Summary (see link above)


Maps of flooding due to rising average sea level

http://flood.firetree.net/


Maps of local sea level rise, including population distribution

https://www.cresis.ku.edu/research/data/sea_level_rise/


Lots of details on ocean acidification

http://www.wbgu.de/wbgu_sn2006_en/wbgu_sn2006_en_voll_4.html


Effects on coral reefs

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/warming-coral.html


California stuff

Recent political issues

http://campusprogress.org/features/1215/arnold-at-the-wheel


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/17/MNGOSR1HM11.DTL&hw=AB32&sn=001&sc=1000


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/business/08auto.html


http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/09/21/california_sues_automakers_over_emissions/


California “Climate Market”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/27/national/a183553D83.DTL&hw=global+warming&sn=009&sc=401


State of California's “Climate Change Portal”

http://climatechange.ca.gov/


California Air Resources Board

http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm