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Sustainability Resources
- All you need to know about CO2; Scripps Mauna Loa Observatory: http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/
- Archival stream discharge data from USGS: http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/dv
- Archival temperature data from NASA/GISS: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data/
- Archives of AVHRR image data, and lots of hurricane data, hosted by Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins U. http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/index.html
- BBC / Red Redemption (2007) "Climate Challenge" @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/. Online policy game. Players select policies, participate in negotiations, run iterations.
- The Climate Reality Project http://climaterealityproject.org/.
- EdGCM: An affordable and teachable global climate modeling tool:http://edgcm.columbia.edu/
- Encyclopedia of Earth "Ice Core Data" instructional model by David Kitchen: http://www.eoearth.org/resources/view/166849/?topic=49491
- Encyclopedia of Earth "Recent Climate Change" instructional model by David Kitchen: http://www.eoearth.org/resources/view/168545/?topic=49491
- Extensive climate data archive: National Climate Data Center, Legacy Access: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/#t=thirdTabLink
- Information on coupled atmospheric/oceanic cycles at Climate Prediction Center: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) homepage: http://www.ipcc.ch/ Includes links to 2013 report.
- IPCC AR4, Working Group I, "The Physical Science Basis": http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/contents.html
- Neat sea level rise simulation/visualization: http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/
- Princeton University Carbon Mitigation Initiative (2011) "Stabilization Wedges Game" @ http://cmi.princeton.edu/wedges. Players choose technological options to reduce projected 2055 emissions to 2005 levels. High school development level game can begin policy debates.
- TerraViva!/SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) socioeconomic and environmental data analysis & presentation tool: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/tools/terra-viva
- World Resources Institute Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) – a terrific dataset of national and international GHG emissions by type and by sector: http://cait.wri.org/
- YouTube videos on TerraViva!/SEDAC usage: http://www.youtube.com/SEDACTerraViva/