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Web Links for Past Change

The following web sites have been selected by members of the Global Warming Facts & Our Future Expert Content Group as resources for additional information. These links are not part of the Marian Koshland Science Museum web site. The National Academies does not endorse and is not responsible for material found on these sites. The links will open in a separate window.

Introductory

These links provide background information about the topics in Past Change. They are selected for visitors who want a basic explanation of the concepts presented in this section.

Build a Tree Ring Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/treering2.html
Reconstruct a timeline of climate using tree rings in this interactive web site.

Exploring Weather and Climate Change Through the Powers of 10
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/
Over 100,000 years of weather and climate information is presented in this interactive timeline.

Advanced

These links provide expanded information about the topics in Past Change. They are selected for visitors who want to explore more in-depth information about the concepts presented in this section.

Interactive Atmospheric Data Visualization
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/iadv/
This site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration presents visualizations of greenhouse gas concentration data gathered at monitoring stations worldwide.

Online Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/em_cont.htm
Regional, national, and global data on fossil fuel CO2 emissions is presented in text and diagrams.

Ask Dr. Global Change
http://www.gcrio.org/doctorgc/index.php
The US Global Change Research Information Office offers an online service to answer questions about climate change.

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