International and National Organisations

• NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (US)
• NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)

• UK Government Environment Agency (UK)

• US Government Environmental Protection Agency (US)

• Center for International Climate and Environmental Research: Holds a comprehensive research programme, details are provided of ongoing research projects. Research undertaken in the past can be searched by topic or region. (Norway)
• NOAA Environmental Research Labs: Conducting fundamental research, technology development, and services to improve understanding of the Earth and its oceans and inland waters, the lower and upper atmosphere, and the space environment. (US)

• University of Oxford Environmental Change Unit: Provides in-depth research in a number of areas such as Energy and Environment, Climate Impacts and Responses, Mountain Regions, Land Degradation and Rehabilitation and Solar Energy. (UK)

• Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research: Provides information on current and past Arctic activities. These include the GLOBE Programme, the Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions Office, Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research and the Bering Sea Impact Study & Regional Assessment of Climate Change. (Alaska)
• US Global Change; Research: Provides details of recent and ongoing research through the years 1996,1997,1998 and for 1999. (US)

Data/Information Libraries

Data Libraries

• NOAA (US)
 
• National Climatic Data Center
• National Geophysical Data Center
• National Oceanographic Data Center
• Global Change Data and Information System: Provides international data sources, library and document listings and also a data search facility. (US)

• Environment Australia; State of the Environment: Provides the state of the environment in Australia, many global environmental resources and also climate information. (Australia)
• NASA Volcanism/Climate Interactions: Informative resource providing information on the nature of volcanic eruptions and their interactions with the environment contributing to climate change. (US)
• Tokai University Research & Information Center Earth Environmental Change Monitoring from Space: Providing current information concerning the changes occurring to do with the marine environment, vegetation, sea ice and water resources. (Japan)

Education Materials

Photographic Essays

• Ozone Action: Discusses topics such as climate change and ozone depletion. Some of the useful photographic essays are accessible below. (US)
 
• Steps you can take to stop Climate Change
• Impacts of Global Warming
• Global Warming and human health
• What would it take to stop Climate Change?
• Climate Change and sea-level rise
• Links between ozone depletion and Climate Change
• Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Global Change Climate: Informative factsheets providing a list of useful resources referring to climate change. (US)
 
• Chronology of Global Climate Change
• Definitions of Global Climate Change Terms
• Global Climate Change Policy Options
• Country-specific Information on Global Climate Change
• US Government Ozone Depletion: Educational study resource providing an extremely comprehensive introduction into the science of ozone depletion, information on Methyl Bromide and an informative ozone depletion glossary. (US)

• United Nations Environment Programme & World Meteorological Organisation Common Questions about Climate Change: Discusses aspects of climate change such as human interactions with climate change, future predictions for climate change and how the environment will react to changes. (US)

• Meteorological Research Institute World Global Warming: A series of global and regional simulations illustrating changes in surface air temperatures over time. (Japan)
• USGS Earthshots: Provides satellite images of environmental change and also a text discussion based on the image. Agriculture, desert, disaster, forest, urban and water imagery is available. (US)

Electronic Journals

• Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security Global Change: Resources are freely accessible at this site and can be searched. Searching is also available by category and by month. (US)
• Saginaw Valley State University Consequences: Excellent journal relevant to the nature and implications of environmental change, full text articles are available freely online. (US)
• The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Journal of Environment and Development: Authors, titles and abstracts are freely available for past issues and the current issue. For full text versions subscription is required. (US)