Climate Change Basics
- What's the difference between global warming and climate change?
(NOAA) - Climate Change: Evidence and Causes
(The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine and the Royal Society) - Climate Change: Lines of Evidence
(The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine) - State of the Climate
(NOAA) - Climate Change in Minnesota
(Minnesota Public Radio) - Fourth National Climate Assessment
(U.S. Global Change Research Program) - Fifth Assessment Report from United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) - Frequently Asked Questions on Global Warming
(NOAA) - Global Climate Dashboard
(NOAA) - Climate at a Glance
(NOAA) - Global Climate Change
(NASA) - Corn Belt Climate Trend Tool
(High Plains Regional Climate Center) - Statement on Climate Change
(American Meteorological Society) - America's Climate Choices
(The National Academies)
Model Projections
- Projections from the DNR Climate Explorer
- National Climate Change Viewer (U.S. Geological Survey)
- North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
- Climate Change Knowledge Portal (World Bank)
- Downscaled CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate and Hydrology Projections (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- The Climate Reanalyzer (University of Maine - Climate Change Institute)
Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation
- Climate Policy and Actions
(Minnesota Environmental Quality Board) - Minnesota Environment and Energy Report Card
(Minnesota Environmental Quality Board) - Adapting to Climate Change in Minnesota
(Interagency Climate Adaptation Team) - Overview of Minnesota's Climate Change Preparations
(Georgetown Climate Center) - Climate change chat
Listen to a recorded chat with experts Dr. Kenny Blumenfeld and Dr. Luigi Romolo of the DNR State Climatology Office, along with the DNR’s Greg Husak, to find out how climate change is affecting Minnesota. (Music by purple-planet.com)
Download the audio file
Transcript - Climate Change Adaptation Workbook for Forest Management
(Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science) - Minnesota Forest Vulnerability Assessment
(USDA Forest Service) - Climate Change and Lake Superior
(Minnesota Sea Grant) - Summary of Observed Changes in Twin Cities Climate
(University of Michigan's Great Lakes Integrated Science and Assessments) - Global Climate Change Impacts on the Midwest
(U.S. Global Change Research Program) - Great Lakes Climate Information
(GLISA) - Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems
(USDA) - Climate Change, Drought, and Impacts in Forests and Rangelands
(U.S. Forest Service and Department of Ag) - Climate and Agriculture
(Iowa State) - Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States
(USDA) - Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation in a Midcontinental Region
(Biological Conservation Journal) - Responses to Climate Change
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) - Climate Change and Water Resources Management: A Federal Perspective
(U.S. Geological Survey) - U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
(NOAA) - Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
(CAKE - EcoAdapt and Island Press) - Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
(IPCC) - Climate Change Indicators in the United States
(U.S. EPA) - Lake Superior Climate Change and Adaptation Report
(U.S. EPA)
Resources for Educators