Climate Change Resources

The Big Questions Summary Table

1. Is global warming the same as climate change? Is climate the same as weather?

2. How do we even know that the Earth is getting warmer right now? How can we even measure global warming?

3. But I thought the greenhouse effect was natural? How can it be bad if it is natural?

4. How can such a tiny amount of CO2 have any impact on the climate of the entire planet - that’s impossible!

5. I thought that the ozone hole causes global warming and that global warming causes the ozone hole - which one is it?

6. I thought scientists are not really sure yet - isn't there still a debate if climate change is really happening and why?

7. How long have we been studying this? What do we still not know about climate change?

8. The climate always changes! How are the recent changes different from the past? How can we sure that humans are causing the recent warming? What about the sun and other natural causes like volcanoes?

9. The scientists are always wrong: they predicted global cooling in the 1970s! Hasn't global warming stopped for the last 15 years or so?

10. How can we predict the climate 50 or 100 years from now when we can’t even forecast the weather for next week?

11. Are our computer models of climate reliable?

12. What will the climate be like in 50 or 100 years?

13. How big of a problem is global warming? How will this impact me, us, and the world?

14. Will we have more extreme weather with global warming?

15. Surely this can’t be all bad - what are the benefits of global warming? People like warm weather!

16. What if this is exaggerated (or even a hoax) and a much smaller problem than we think right now?

17. If all the scientists agree...then why are we still not doing something about it?

18. But we can’t do anything unless China also does it - they are the biggest polluters today!

19. How can we fix global warming?

20. How much will this cost to fix and can we even afford to fix it?

21. I have found the perfect solution and it is called climate engineering and carbon capture!

Textbooks.

• Introduction to Climate Science - 1st Edition

• Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions

• Climate Toolkit: A Resource Manual for Science and Action - Version 2.0

• Climate Lessons: Environmental, Social, Local

• The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science (course & textbook)

Books, Videos, Projects.

• Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change (Book/Game)

• Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe (YouTube Channel)

• The Solutions Project (Website)

• Project Drawdown (Website)

• Project Drawdown (YouTube Channel)

• Climate Town (YouTube Channel)