The resources on this page are intended to provide early-career natural and social scientists with a few starting places for climate-change information resources. There are numerous websites in each category that are not identified here, so Google away.

This page is divided into the following sections:

Climate change news services

Listservs for academic climate change jobs and news

Organizations with a strong focus on climate change

Symposia and workshops for early-career researchers

Additional climate change resources

Climate Animations

• Global climate animations - many variables mapped
• SeaWiFS biosphere animations -- north pacific & north atlantic

Climate News Services

• ClimateArk - climate change and global warming news portal
• Climate Central - science-based information about climate & energy
• Climatewire - daily news
• DotEarth - Andrew Revkin's blog
• Daily Climate - daily news
• E360 (Yale Environment 360) - Opinion, Analysis, Reporting and Debate on Environmental Issues
• EarthPortal - news from the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
• Environmental News Network - daily news
• EurekAlert - news from the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• GreenWire - energy and environmental policy news
• Living on Earth - public radio show
• NASA's Climate Change Newsletter - monthly e-newsletter from NASA's climate change website
• Nature Climate Change - a monthly journal on climate change
• New Scientist - weekly science magazine with a robust section devoted to the environment
• Real Climate - climate science commentary by working climate scientists
• Science & Development Network - news, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
• Science Daily - latest scientific research about earth, climate, energy, technology, and more
• Scientific American - science magazine, with excellent climate coverage
• Skeptical Science - explains peer-reviewed science on global warming for educated lay person
• Tiempo Newswatch - weekly news on climate and development
• UNEP News Centre - United Nations Environment Programme - environment for development
• World News Network - global warming news

Jobs and News Listservs

• An extensive list of Jobs and News Listservs can be found on the DISCCRS Career Resources page.

Organizations with a Focus on Climate Change

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Climate Impact on Agriculture from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CLIMPAG)
• Climate Access
• International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)
• International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-NET)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• National Academies Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change (HDGC)
• National Academy of Sciences' Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• NOAA Climate Services
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN)

Symposia and Workshops for Early-Career Researchers

• ACCESS - Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists
• APECS - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists' workshiops & symposia
• ASCENT - Atmospheric Science Collaboration and Enriching NeTworks
• DIALOG - Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography
• DISCO - Dissertations Symposium on Chemical Oceanography
• DISCCRS - Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research
• Eco-DAS - Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences
• IASSA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Young Scientists Summer Program
• ISCRAM - International Community on information systems for crisis response and management
• MGLS - Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• MYRES - Meeting of Young Researchers in the Solid Earth Sciences
• NCCR - National Centres of Competence in Research Climate Summer School (NCCR)
• PODS - Dissertations Symposium on Physical Oceanography
• SACNAS - Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos & Native Americans in Science
• WAYSNET - World Academy of Young Scientists
• WEBS - Women Evolving Biological Sciences

Additional Resources

• The Keeling Curve - A daily record of atmospheric carbon dioxide from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• ClimateWizard - Access climate change information and visualize the impacts anywhere on Earth. Download historic and future climate change maps.
• ResearchGate - A professional networking site designed to foster collaboration in and across disciplinary and geographic boundaries.
• Carbon Disclosure Project - Not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world.
• Climate Ethics - Climate change raises profound, unprecedented questions of justice and equity for the human race.
• Climateethics.org - Blog that follows the ethical dimensions of climate change issues that arise in day-to-day climate change policy making.
• Discovery of Global Warming - A hypertext history of global warming science.
• Earth Negotiations Bulletin Archive - Archives of multilateral negotiations on environment & development.
• ELDIS Climate Change Resource Guide - Gateway to Development Information.
• Global Climate Change Briefing Book - Briefings from the Congressional Research Service.

• Facilitating Climate Change Responses - A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
• Climate Change: A guide to information and disinformation - Published by the Society of Environmental Journalists.
• Stephen Schneider Interview from Crisis of Life project - (transcript of the interview can be downloaded here) 
• A Focus on Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability - Article on the NSF's Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability initiative.
• Frequently Asked Questions about Ocean Acidification - A concise, readable summary of the state of ocean acidification knowledge, from the U.S. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry program.
• Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity - The first center devoted to developing a philosophy of interdisciplinarity.
• Videos on basic climate science:

• U.S. National Academies: Climate Change: Lines of Evidence
• U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF): What Science Is Telling Us About Climate Change
• U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): ClimateWatch Videos