Climate Change Resources

**Useful Links/Resources to Learn More About Mental Health, Climate Change, and Social Justice Topics.**

CAUSES

• NASA. “The Causes of Climate Change” https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/

EFFECTS

• Bradford, Alina. Live Science. 12 August 2017. “Effects of Global Warming”  https://www.livescience.com/37057-global-warming-effects.html

Albedo

• North Carolina Climate Office. “Albedo” https://climate.ncsu.edu/edu/Albedo

Agriculture 

• University of Minnesota. “How Does Agriculture Change Our Climate?” Environment Reports. http://www.environmentreports.com/how-does-agriculture-change/

Amphibians 

• University of Hawai’i. 12 February 2020. “Beyond infection, fungus alters endangered frog’s microbiome” https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/02/12/endangered-frogs-microbiome/

Bark Beetles

• Katz, Cheryl. Yale School of Environment. 21 September 2017. “Small Pests, Big Problems: The Global Spread of Bark Beetles” https://e360.yale.edu/features/small-pests-big-problems-the-global-spread-of-bark-beetles

Carbon Emissions

• The United Nations (UN). 2021. CO2 Emissions. “Key Findings” https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/key-findings
• Jones, Nicola. Scientific American. 24 April 2014. “CO2 Makes Growing Seasons Longer” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/co2-makes-growing-seasons-longer1/

Carbon Cycle

• Exploring The Environment (ETE). “The Carbon Cycle: Sources & Sinks” http://ete.cet.edu/gcc/?/globaltemp_carbon_cycle/
• National Geographic. “Carbon Sources and Sinks” https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/carbon-sources-and-sinks/
• Carbon Sink 
• Thompson, Andrea. Live Science. 21 December 2012. “What is a Carbon Sink?” https://www.livescience.com/32354-what-is-a-carbon-sink.html#:~:text=The%20main%20natural%20carbon%20sinks,storage%20system%20for%20carbon%20dioxide.
• Konyn, Carol. Earth.org. 28 August 2020. “What Are Carbon Sinks?” https://earth.org/carbon-sinks/
• Carbon Sources
• Atkinson, Lynsey. July 2020. “Carbon Sources, Sinks and Sequestration” http://www.beachapedia.org/Carbon_Sources,_Sinks_and_Sequestration#:~:text=Carbon%20sources%20are%20any%20natural,are%20all%20sources%20of%20carbon.

Carbon Sequestration

• Caldeira, Ken and Akai , Makoto. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). “IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage” Chapter 6. Ocean Storage https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/srccs_chapter6-1.pdf
• North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA). 25 April 2017. “Carbon Sequestration and the Ocean: How Will Our Waters React? https://namepa.net/2017/04/25/2017-4-17-carbon-sequestration-and-the-ocean-how-will-our-waters-react/#:~:text=In%20the%20ocean%2C%20carbon%20sequestration,land%20plants%20do%20on%20land.
• UC Davis. Climate Change.  “Carbon Sequestration” https://climatechange.ucdavis.edu/science/carbon-sequestration/

Coral Bleaching

• World Wildlife Fund. “Everything You Need to Know about Coral Bleaching—And How We Can Stop It” https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coral-bleaching-and-how-we-can-stop-it
• Worland, Justin. TIME. “An underwater investigation of coral bleaching in the South Pacific” https://time.com/coral/
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “Coral Reefs” https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/coral-reefs.html#:~:text=Mass%20Bleaching%E2%80%94A%20Coral%20Reef%20Crisis&text=In%202016%2C%20heat%20stress%20encompassed,the%20reef's%20shallow%20water%20corals.

Deforestation

• Rainforest Alliance. 12 August 2018. “What is the Relationship Between Deforestation And Climate Change?” https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/articles/relationship-between-deforestation-climate-change

Diseases

• Cho, Renee. Columbia University. 4 September 2014. “How Climate Change Is Exacerbating the Spread of Disease” https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2014/09/04/how-climate-change-is-exacerbating-the-spread-of-disease/

Droughts

• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. 2021. “Droughts and Climate Change” https://www.c2es.org/content/drought-and-climate-change/

Extreme Weather

• National Climate Assessment (NCA). “Extreme Weather” https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highlights/report-findings/extreme-weather

Fast Fashion

• Schlossberg, Tatiana. New York Times. 3 September 2019. “How Fast Fashion is Destroying The Planet” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/books/review/how-fast-fashion-is-destroying-the-planet.html

Floods

• The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 3 March 2020. “How Climate Change is Making Record Breaking Floods the New Normal” https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-climate-change-making-record-breaking-floods-new-normal

Fossil Fuels

• Denchak, Melissa. NRDC.  29 June 2018 “Fossil Fuels: The Dirty Facts” https://www.nrdc.org/stories/fossil-fuels-dirty-facts

Health

• Scientific American. 17 June 2009. “The Impact of Global Warming on Human Fatality Rates” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/global-warming-and-health/

Heatwaves

• Berardelli, Jeff. Yale Climate Connections. 25 June 2019. “Heatwaves and Climate Change: Is there a connection?” https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/06/heat-waves-and-climate-change-is-there-a-connection/

Invasive Species

• EnvironmentalScience.org “Invasive Species: How They Affect the Environment” https://www.environmentalscience.org/invasive-species

Greenhouse Effect

• The UCAR Center for Science Education. “The Greenhouse Effect” https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/greenhouse-effect
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Overview of Greenhouse Gases” https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions” https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions

Melting Glaciers/Sea Ice Loss

• World Wild Life. “Six Ways Loss of Arctic Ice Impacts Everyone” https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/six-ways-loss-of-arctic-ice-impacts-everyone
• Letzter, Rafi. Live Science. 29 October 2020. “Arctic sea ice goes through 'historic' loss in 2020” https://www.livescience.com/north-pole-ice-loss-2020.html

Methane

• Environmental Defense Fund. 9 April 2012. “The Climate Impacts of Methane Emissions” https://www.edf.org/climate-impacts-methane-emissions

Ocean Acidification

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “Ocean Acidification” https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts/ocean-acidification

Palm Oil Industry

• World Wildlife Fund. “Palm Oil” https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/palm-oil

Pollution

• Water Pollution
• Denchak, Melissa. NRDC. 14 May 2018. “Water Pollution: Everything You Need to Know”  https://www.nrdc.org/stories/water-pollution-everything-you-need-know#:~:text=Water%20pollution%20occurs%20when%20harmful,to%20humans%20or%20the%20environment.
• Air Pollution
• World Health Organization (WHO). “Air Pollution” https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1
• Soil Pollution
• Environmental Pollution Centers. “What is Soil Pollution” https://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/soil/#:~:text=Definition,health%20and%2For%20the%20ecosystem.
• Lei Win, Thin. Global Citizen. 3 May 2018. “Cleaning up Polluted Soil is Next Climate Challenge: Experts” https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/polluted-soil-clean-up-world/

Precipitation

• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. “Extreme Precipitation and Climate Change” https://www.c2es.org/content/extreme-precipitation-and-climate-change/

Rising Ocean Temperatures

• Pierre-Louis, Kendra. New York Times. 10 January 2019. “Ocean Warming is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/climate/ocean-warming-climate-change.html

Rising Atmospheric Temperatures

• Earth Observatory. NASA. 3 June 2010 “Global Warming” https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GlobalWarming/page2.php#:~:text=The%20global%20average%20surface%20temperature,average%20surface%20temperature%20is%20rising.

Rising Sea Levels

• Nunez, Christina. National Geographic. 19 February 2019. “Sea Level Rise, Explained” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/sea-level-rise-1#:~:text=Consequences&text=When%20sea%20levels%20rise%20as,fish%2C%20birds%2C%20and%20plants.

Shifting Weather Patterns

• Jones, Nicola. Yale School of Environment.13 October 2018. “Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones Are Shifting. https://e360.yale.edu/features/redrawing-the-map-how-the-worlds-climate-zones-are-shifting

Species Extinction

• World Wildlife Fund. “A Growing Need for Species to Adapt to a Changing World” https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/wildlife_practice/problems/climate_change/
•  International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). “Species and Climate Change” https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/species-and-climate-change#:~:text=Climate%20change%20is%20currently%20affecting,direct%20result%20of%20climate%20change.

Wildfires

• Borunda, Alejandra. National Geographic. 17 September 2020. “The Science Connecting Wildfires to Climate Change” https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highlights/report-findings/extreme-weather

Urban Heat Island Effect

• NASA. “What Is an Urban Heat Island?” https://climatekids.nasa.gov/heat-islands/

Sustainability

• Geoengineering
• “Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option” https://e360.yale.edu/features/geoengineer-the-planet-more-scientists-now-say-it-must-be-an-option
• Renewable Energy
• “Renewable Energy: The Clean Facts” https://www.nrdc.org/stories/renewable-energy-clean-facts
• The Paris Agreement
• “The Paris Agreement” https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement
•  “Key aspects of the Paris Agreement” https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement/key-aspects-of-the-paris-agreement
• Plant-Based Diet
• “Why Going Vegan Is One of the Best Things You Can Do for the Environment” https://www.forksoverknives.com/wellness/vegan-diet-helps-environmental-sustainability/
• Sustainability Tips
• UCLA. “Tips for living Green” https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/housing/tips-for-living-green/
• Native. “Sustainability Tips” https://native.eco/for-individuals/sustainability-tips/
• “10 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Your Everyday Items”https://www.gourmesso.com/blogs/news/10-eco-friendly-alternatives-to-everyday-items
• Sustainable Alternatives
• “65 Eco-Friendly Products – The Ultimate List of Sustainable Alternatives For Zero Waste Living” https://www.peacewiththewild.co.uk/65-eco-friendly-products-the-ultimate-list-of-sustainable-alternatives-for-zero-waste-living/
• “11 Things You Do Every Day That Are Surprisingly Bad For The Environment” https://www.bustle.com/p/11-things-that-are-bad-for-the-environment-that-you-do-every-day-8777115
•  “7 common household products that are terrible for the environment” https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/a1583/household-cleaning-products-environment/
• Sustainable Fashion
• “What Are the Most Sustainable Fabrics?” https://goodonyou.eco/most-sustainable-fabrics/
•  “Sustainable Fabrics 101: Everything You Need To Know Before You Shop” https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/sustainable-clothing-fabrics
•  “Why Sustainable Fashion Matters” https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellevate/2019/10/07/why-sustainable-fashion-matters/?sh=1e22767071b8
• Sustainable Development
• “Sustainable Development – What Is It? Definition, History, Evolution, Importance And Examples” https://youmatter.world/en/definition/definitions-sustainable-development-sustainability/#:~:text=Sustainable%20development%20is%20the%20idea,the%20Brundtland%20Report%20in%201987.n
• Sustainable Economy
• “Sustainable Economy” https://hbr.org/2011/10/the-sustainable-economy