Library of Useful Websites, Recommended Reading/ Viewing, and the Scientific Evidence

The Basics | Recommended Popular Reading | Scientific Reports and Webpages
WWF Resources | Witnessing Climate Change

Read the Climate Camp Summary Report

  • The Pew Center on Global Climate Change provides an excellent review of global climate change basics
  • For an informative question and answer site on climate change, consult the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate Change site
  • For a frequently updated resource dedicated to greenhouse gas news and scientific publications visit GreenHouse Gas Online at http://www.ghgonline.org/  

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  • Fiction, non-fiction, and technical reading for the general public on the topic of climate and climate change can be found at
  • DVDs:
    • An Inconvenient Truth , Al Gore’s frightening new movie about climate change
      • VHS format through Swank Productions for our October 31 showing in Homer. The commercial DVD will be released on November 21. The person to contact about the rental is Brian Claussen at Swank Productions: bclausson@swankmp.com
    • Strange Days on Planet Earth, National Geographic’s PBS 4 part series about earth changes includes one episode about global warming

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The sites below offer regional, national, and local Bering Sea/ Alaska overviews of current climate change data and effects.

I: National and Regional Scale Info:

(a) NSIDC: Homepage http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/ .

The National Snow and Ice Data Center is part of the University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, and is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Geophysical Data Center. They also work with NASA and the National Science Foundation. For credible science-based information on sea ice changes, go to the NSIDC homepage, At this excellent site, you can:

  • Get answers to frequently-asked questions about sea ice and climate change impacts to sea ice

(b) ACIA: Homepage http://www.acia.uaf.edu/ .

The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment is a comprehensive report contains current scientific knowledge about global climate change trends and effects compiled from over 300 scientists and indigenous residents of the Arctic region. This important study is a must-read. It includes chapters on how climate change is affecting sea ice and wildlife, from an indigenous perspective. It’s easy to browse through and full of great maps and other imagery. Visit the ACIA Homepage to download the full report (Arctic Climate Impact Study, 1200+ pages) at or the Summary Report (Impacts of a Changing Arctic, 140 pages).

(c) Visit the Global Warming Facts & Our Future from the Marian Koshland Science Museum for the latest information on the effects of climate change on health.  This site reveals the science behind global warming and examines the possible implications of this phenomenon on the quality of life around the world. [where is this site? From Marilyn]

II: Bering Sea Specific Info:

(a) A Major Ecosystem Shift in the Bering Sea (Science, 2006). Jackie Grebmeier and other scientists report on how climate change is driving changes in the Bering Sea food web. [no PDF on the web; PDF attached]

(b) BESIS: Homepage http://www.besis.uaf.edu/

The Bering Sea Impact Study, which set out to document and model of the consequences of climate change for Alaska and the Bering Sea region, has recently been completed.

At the BESIS Homepage, you can download t he following documents:

  • The Impacts of Global Climate Change in the Bering Sea Region
  • Implications of Global Change in Alaska and the Bering Sea Region
  • Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Alaska and the Bering Sea Region
  • The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change— Alaska
  • Impacts of Global Climate Change in the Arctic Regions

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Interactive opportunities to see and hear from those on the front lines of the changing Arctic climate.

(a) WWF Climate Witness Program website (video, audio, web diary)

  • http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/arctic/what_we_do/climate/climate_witness/index.cfm

(b) National Wildlife Federation’s “Your Global Warming story”: Share your observations here

(c) Inuit Observations on Climate Change Project: (International Institute for Sustainable Development)

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