Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes (open access)

Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes

This report discusses changes in temperature as well as land and sea ice mass and its effects on ecosystems and sea level.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abrupt Climate Change (open access)

Abrupt Climate Change

This is an excerpt of a report series produced by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. The document contains a list of team members and authors, a memo to Congress, a table of contents, acknowledgements, recommended citations, a synopsis of the full report, and a preface.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems (open access)

Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems

This report focuses on the impacts of global climate change, especially impacts on three bread dimensions of the human condition: human health, human settlements, and human welfare.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change (open access)

Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change

"This Product addresses the strengths and limitations of current reanalysis products in documenting, integrating, and advancing knowledge of the climate system."
Date: December 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate (open access)

Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate

A report which discusses extreme weather and how their impacts are changing due to human pollution and global warming.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences (open access)

Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences

This report focuses on understanding the causes of the differences between the atmospheric trends from the surface through the troposphere to the lower stratosphere.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols (open access)

Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols

"The stated purpose for this report is to provide information to those who use climate model outputs to assess the potential effects of human activities on climate, air quality, and ecosystem behavior."
Date: September 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations (open access)

Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations

"This report assesses the strengths and limitations of climate models."
Date: July 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States (open access)

The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States

A report which provides an assessment of the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources (open access)

Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources

A report which focuses on federally managed lands and waters to provide a "Preliminary Review of Adaption Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources."
Date: June 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library