3-8: Assessment of Impacts of Climate Change

Short Summaries of Recent Research

• James Hansen 2006 Testimony on Climate Change
  
  
• Mountain Snowpack Melting Earlier in the Western US
  
  
• Fish Seeking Cooler Water Due to Global Warming
  
  
• Global Warming Affects Plankton Distribution in the Atlantic Ocean
  
  
• Scientific Consensus on Climate Change? Overwhelming.
  
  
• "Can we defuse the global warming time bomb?", Presentation of James E. Hansen to the Council on Environmental Quality, 12 June 2003.
  
  
• Vanishing of the Greenland Ice Sheet Due to Global Warming Raises Sea Level by 20 Feet (7 Meters)
  
  
• Mountain Ecosystems Reveal High Vulnerability to Climate Change
  
  
• Greenland Ice Sheet Meltdown Underway.
  
  
• Amazonian Rainforests, Even Undisturbed by Humans, are Undergoing Change.
  
  
• "Go North, You Species!"
  
  
• Climate fluctuations introduce complex ecosystem changes
  
  
• Climate Change and Wildlife Disease
  
  
• Late Sleepers Move North
  
  
• State by State Estimates of Climate Change Impacts
  
  

Websites

• Arctic Lakes Disappearing, Climate Scientists Say
  
  
• Emissions Double Heatwave Risk
  
  
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  
  
• Sea Engulfing Alaskan Village
  
  
• Carbon Sequestration R&D Overview
  
  
• Novel Sequestration Concepts
  
  
• Terrestrial Sequestration Research
  
  
• Ocean Sequestration Research
  
  
• Geologic Sequestration Research
  
  
• Carbon Capture Research
  
  
• Carbon Sequestration
  
  
• Oxygen Depletion in Coastal Waters
  
  
• Potential climate changes impact
  
  
• Sensitivity, Adaptability
  
  
• Impact on mountain vegetation zones
  
  
• Changing Climate May Hurt Less Developed Countries, Help Developed Ones
  
  
• Projected Impacts of Climate Change. (through EPA)
  
  
• Potential Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Populations and Agriculture from the Sustainable Development Dept. (SD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  
  

Additional References

• Cherry. M., 2005: Ministers agree to action warnings of soaring temperatures in Africa. Nature, 437, 1217.
  
  
• Thomas, D. S. G., M. Knight, and G. F. S. Wiggs, 2005: Remobilization of southern African desert dune systems by twenty-first century global warming. Nature, 435, 1218-1221.
  
  
• Parmesan, C. and H. Galbraith, 2004: Observed impacts of global climate change in the U.S. (PDF file)
  
  
• Barker, T., 2003: Representing global climate change, adaptation and mitigation. Global Environmental Change, 13(1), 1-6.
  
  
• Adger, W.N., S. Huq, K. Brown, D. Conway, and M. Hulme, 2003: Adaptation to climate change in the developing world. Progress in Development Studies, 3(3), 179-195.
  
  
• Sillett, T. S., R. T. Holmes, and W. T. Sherry, 2000: Impacts of a global climate cycle on population dynamics of a migratory songbird. Science, 288, 2040-2042.
  
  
• Winnet, Steven M., 1998: Potential effects of climate change on US forests: a review. Climate Research, 11, 39-49.
  
  
• Johnston, K., M., and O. J. Schmitz, 1997: Wildlife and climate change: assessing the sensitivity of selected species to simulated doubling of atmspheric CO₂. Global Change Biology 3, 531-544.
  
  
• Strzepek, K. M., and J. B. Smith, 1995: As Climate Changes: International Impacts and Implications. Cambridge University Press. 213 pp.
  (Topics include world food supply, complex river basins, global sea-level rise, human health, global forests, impacts on Egypt, and adaptation policy).