2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment
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Volume 2 -- Impact, Risks, and Adaptation in the USNovember 2018
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Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume 12017. From the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
2018 Special Report by the IPCC -- Global Warmng of 1.5 degrees Celsius
Some Top Climate Science Journals
Getting Started
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Encyclopedia of Earth2016 -- The Encyclopedia of Earth is inactive. Let's hope it is restored soon.
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Science Reference CenterHigh School level
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CQ Researcher June 2013 report on Climate ChangeThis focuses more on policy than the science, but might have useful references.
Government Agencies and Other Web
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IPCC AR5Detailed summary of what the world's scientists know about climate change. From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2013-2014.
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NOAA ClimateWatchUS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Climate Change Adaptation Resouce Center (ARC-X)EPA's interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities as the climate changes
IPCC AR5 -- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report
Comprehensive review of the science of climate change. 2013-2014. Look at studies that the AR5 cites. It has a comprehensive bibliography at the end of each chapter. It's up to date through 2013-2014.
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AR 5 -- Part 1 -- The Physical Science BasisASU Main Stacks QC981.8.C5 C511345 2014
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AR 5 -- Part 2 -- Impacts, Adaptation and VulnerabilityASU Main Stacks QC903 .C443 2014 (2 volumes)
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AR5 -- Part 3 -- MitigationASU Main Stacks QC902.8 .I58 2014
Some of our Recent Books and eBooks
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Search for ASU BooksUse APPsearch or start your search here.
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Global climate change: a primerQD903 .P555 2011 (3rd Floor)
Pilkey, Orrin H., Keith C. Pilkey, and Mary Edna Fraser. 2011. Global climate change: a primer. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. -
A short introduction to climate changeQC903 .E34 2013 (3rd Floor)
Eggleton, R. A. 2013. A short introduction to climate change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. -
Experimenting on a small planet : a scholarly entertainmente-book
Also a physical book in ASU Main Stacks QC981 .H36 2013 (3rd Floor)
Hay, William W. 2013. Experimenting on a small planet: a scholarly entertainment. Heidelberg : Springer. -
Fundamentals of weather and climateQC861.2 .M42 2010 (3rd Floor)
McIlveen, J. F. R., and J. F. R. McIlveen. 2010. Fundamentals of weather and climate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. -
Physics and chemistry of clouds (eBook)eBook
Lamb, Dennis. 2011. Physics and Chemistry of Clouds. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. -
The dance of air and sea : how oceans, weather, and life link togetherGC190.2 .T39 2011 (2nd Floor)
Taylor, Arnold H. 2011. The dance of air and sea: how oceans, weather, and life link together. Oxford: Oxford University Press. -
Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and SocietyeBook
Lever-Tracy, Constance . 2010. Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society. New York: Routledge. -
Climate change : picturing the scienceQC981.8.C5 S3556 2009 (3rd Floor)
Schmidt, Gavin, and Joshua Wolfe. 2009. Climate change: picturing the science. New York: W.W. Norton. -
2014-2016 Books on climateBooks and ebooks, 2014 to present
Environmental Humanities -- Climate
The university hosted the Environmental Humanities Symposium on April 4, 2014.
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Dale Jamieson -- BooksDr. Jamieson's latest book is "Reason in a Dark Time : Why the Struggle against Climate Change Failed and What it Means for our Future." ASU Main Stacks GE40 .J36 2014
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Dale Jamieson -- recent articles on climateMost recently, Jamieson, D. W., & Di Paola, M. (2014). Climate Change and Global Justice: New Problem, Old Paradigm?. Global Policy, 5(1), 105-111.
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Also see -- "College Classes Use Art to Brace for Climate Change"NY Times article, 3/31/2014, by Richard Peréz-Peña.
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Stephanie LeMenager -- bookLeMenager, Stephanie. 2014. Living oil: petroleum culture in the American century.
ASU Main Stacks PS169.E25 L36 2014
Contact -- John Wiswell
John Wiswell wiswellj@appstate.edu
Belk Library 225 262-7853
Available for consultations with students -- Email me.
AppState's AppalAIR and other research
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Appalachian Atmospheric Interdisciplinary ResearchIntensive interdisciplinary research and teaching program for exploring atmospheric processes. This involves subjects such as air pollution formation and transport, the relationship of pollution and natural aerosol sources to a changing climate, and their impacts on regional ecosystems, weather, and climate.
Report -- Explaining extreme weather events in terms of climate change
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Report -- Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate PerspectiveHerring, Stephanie C., Martin P. Hoerling, et al, editors. 2015. “Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective"
Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Vol. 96, No. 12, December 2015
Video -- Carbon Emissions, 1950-2006
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Fossil Fuel Emissions (1950-2006)1:26 minutes
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Andres et al 2011Andres, R. J., J. S. Gregg, L. Losey, G. Marland, and T. A. Boden. 2011. “Monthly, Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Consumption.” Tellus B 63 (3): 309–327. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00530.x.
An Interesting Series of Articles
Some analysis of atmospheric response to the 2003 Electrical blackout in the northeastern US. Brett Taubman was a co-author on the original article.
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The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric ChemistryMarufu, Lackson T., Brett F. Taubman, Bryan Bloomer, Charles A. Piety, Bruce G. Doddridge, Jeffrey W. Stehr, and Russell R. Dickerson. 2004. “The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry.” Geophysical Research Letters 31 (13): n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2004GL019771.
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Comment on above articleHansen, D. Alan, Eladio M. Knipping, and Naresh Kumar. 2005. “Comment on ‘The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry’ by L. T. Marufu et Al.” Geophysical Research Letters 32 (10):. doi:10.1029/2004GL021962.
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Reply by Authors to Comment on above articleMarufu, Lackson T., Brett F. Taubman, Bryan Bloomer, Charles A. Piety, Bruce G. Doddridge, Jeffrey W. Stehr, and Russell R. Dickerson. 2005. “Reply to Comment by D. A. Hansen et Al. on ‘The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry’.” Geophysical Research Letters 32 (10): n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2005GL022385.
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Re-examination of the 2003 North American Electrical Blackout Impacts on Regional Air QualityHu, Yongtao, M. Talat Odman, and Armistead G. Russell. 2006. “Re-examination of the 2003 North American Electrical Blackout Impacts on Regional Air Quality.” Geophysical Research Letters 33 (22):. doi:10.1029/2006GL027252.