Global Warming

RESEARCH GUIDE

DISCUS databases

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Sirs Knowledge Source
Science Resource Center

Websites

Environmental Literacy Council
Real Climate

Use the Start Here tab on the top right for a list of excellent resources grouped by your level of knowledge about global warming. Be sure to browse the Climate change debate summary link at the bottom of the page.

Climate Debate Daily: A new way to understand disputes about global warming

A fantastic, highly lauded resource that gathers news, essays, and research supporting and challenging the views that global warming is caused by human activity, that global warming is a threat to humanity, and that earth's climate can be controlled by people.

Videos

SC Student Panel on Global Warming

Climate change debate summary

Are Cows Causing Global Warming?

Two young scientists team up with Kari and Grant to find out if the methane produced by cows is behind the rise in global temperatures. Copyright: 2008

Effects of Global Warming on Alaska

Follows geologists and climatologists as they study the effects of climate change on Alaska's glaciers and icebergs. Copyright: 2007

The Greenhouse Effect Is Like Cooking a Turkey <

The definition of the Greenhouse Effect is explained. Copyright: 2004