Hot Topic: Global Warming

The subject of global warming is, once again, heating up. While the world scientific community has reached a general consensus that global warming-specifically, warming resulting from human activities-is a reality, there remains considerable debate about the issue in the spheres of politics and industry. Can global warming be stopped or even reversed? What will be the economic and environmental impacts if global warming continues? What are the obligations of nations and individuals to address the problem?

Below you will find a list of books, articles, and websites that will help you learn more about the politics, science, and economics of global warming.

An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it
Al Gore.
New York : Rodale, 2006.
363.73874/GORE

The discovery of global warming
by Spencer R. Weart.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
551.6/WEART

Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change
1st U.S. ed., by Elizabeth Kolbert.
New York : Bloomsbury Pub., 2006. 363.73874/KOLBERT

The revenge of Gaia : earth's climate in crisis and the fate of humanity
James Lovelock ; foreword by Sir Crispin Tickell.
New York : Basic Books, c2006. 333.72/LOVELOCK

The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on earth
Tim Flannery.
1st American ed., New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005.
363.73874/FLANNERY

Global climate change and California
Susan Brown.
[Sacramento] : California Energy Commission, [2005] Online information: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2005publications/CEC-600-2005-007/CEC-600-2005-007-SF.PDF
CAL RES 15.2:G 51/4

On the Climate Change Beat, Doubt Gives Way to Certainty William K. Stevens. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)), New York, N.Y.: Feb 6, 2007. p. F.1 (Proquest Newspapers)

Science Panel Says Global Warming Is 'Unequivocal' New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Feb 3, 2007. p. A.1 (Proquest Newspapers)

What's heating the Earth? Fossil fuels are to blame, world ... . Patrick O'Driscoll; Dan Vergano USA Today, Jan 31, 2007; (AN J0E279029639007) (MasterFILE Premier)

On global warming, what US can learn from Europe. Mark Clayton. Christian Science Monitor, Jan 30, 2007, Vol. 99 Issue 44, p2-2, 1p, 1 chart, 1 diagram; (AN 23846630) (MasterFILE Premier)

New Consensus: In Climate Controversy, Industry Cedes Ground; Support Grows for Caps On CO2 Emissions; Big Oil Battles Detroit Jeffrey Ball. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition), New York, N.Y.: Jan 23, 2007. p. A.1 (Proquest Newspapers)

Climate Policy's Odd Man Out; Debate Is Fast Passing Bush By; [FINAL Edition] Sebastian Mallaby. The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: Jan 22, 2007. p. A.19 (Proquest Newspapers)

Feinstein, Boxer differ on global warming; [HOME EDITION] Janet Wilson and Richard Simon. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Jan 18, 2007. p. B.1 (Proquest Newspapers)

The Warming of Greenland John Collins Rudolf. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)), New York, N.Y.: Jan 16, 2007. p. F.1 (Proquest Newspapers)

Exxon Softens Climate-Change Stance; Hoping to Shape Policy, Oil Giant Joins Dialogue On Curbing of Emissions Jeffrey Ball. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition), New York, N.Y.: Jan 11, 2007. p. A.3

The Environmental Protection Agency's Site on Global Warming:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Global Warming FAQ:
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

What's Up with the Weather? (PBS NOVA/FRONTLINE):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/

Pew Center on Global Climate Change:
http://www.pewclimate.org/

California Climate Change Portal:
http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:
http://www.ipcc.ch

Union of Concerned Scientists:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming