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Global Warming/Climate Change Collection
Publications from the National Academies about the science and policy implications of global warming and climate change.
Link to Catalog page for Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties (2005)
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) Earth and Life Studies (DELS),
Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate, Climate Research Committee, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program s Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program s Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere (2005)
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) Earth and Life Studies (DELS),
Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program s Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere, Climate Research Committee, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program (2005)
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) Earth and Life Studies (DELS),
Committee on Metrics for Global Change Research, Climate Research Committee, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Implementing Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan Implementing Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan (2004)
Earth and Life Studies (DELS), Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE), Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS)
Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks (2003)
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC)
Panel on Climate Change Feedbacks, Climate Research Committee, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Abrupt Climate Change:  Inevitable Surprises Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises (2002)
Ocean Studies Board (OSB), Polar Research Board (PRB)
Committee on Abrupt Climate Change, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Communicating Uncertainties in Weather and Climate Information:  A Workshop Summary Communicating Uncertainties in Weather and Climate Information: A Workshop Summary (2003)
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC)
Elbert W. Friday, Jr., Rapporteur, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for From Climate to Weather: Impacts on Society and Economy - Summary of a Forum, June 28, 2002, Washington, DC From Climate to Weather: Impacts on Society and Economy - Summary of a Forum, June 28, 2002, Washington, DC (2003)
Natural Disasters Roundtable (NDR)
A Summary to the Natural Disasters Roundtable, The National Academies

Link to Catalog page for Climate Change Science:   An Analysis of Some Key Questions Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions (2001)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Committee on the Science of Climate Change, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Improving the Effectiveness of U.S. Climate Modeling Improving the Effectiveness of U.S. Climate Modeling (2001)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Panel on Improving the Effectiveness of U.S. Climate Modeling, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Under the Weather:  Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease Under the Weather: Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease (2001)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Committee on Climate, Ecosystems, Infectious Diseases, and Human Health, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for The Science of Regional and Global Change:  Putting Knowledge to Work The Science of Regional and Global Change: Putting Knowledge to Work (2001)
Policy Division (PD)
Committee on Global Change Research, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Improving Atmospheric Temperature Monitoring Capabilities:  Letter Report Improving Atmospheric Temperature Monitoring Capabilities: Letter Report (2000)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Panel on Reconciling Temperature Observations, Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change (2000)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Panel on Reconciling Temperature Observations, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade (1999)
Policy Division (PD)
Committee on Global Change Research, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach (1999)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER), Ocean Studies Board (OSB)
Committee on Major U.S. Oceanographic Research Programs, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems (1999)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Panel on Climate Observing Systems Status, Climate Research Committee, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for From Monsoons to Microbes: Understanding the Ocean's Role in Human Health From Monsoons to Microbes: Understanding the Ocean's Role in Human Health (1999)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER), Ocean Studies Board (OSB)
Committee on the Ocean's Role in Human Health, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Hydrologic Science Priorities for the U.S. Global Change Research Program: An Initial Assessment Hydrologic Science Priorities for the U.S. Global Change Research Program: An Initial Assessment (1999)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Committee on Hydrologic Science, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Making Climate Forecasts Matter Making Climate Forecasts Matter (1999)

Paul C. Stern and William E. Easterling, Editors; Panel on the Human Dimensions of Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Variability; Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities (1998)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Climate Research Committee, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Decade-to-Century-Scale Climate Variability and Change: A Science Strategy Decade-to-Century-Scale Climate Variability and Change: A Science Strategy (1998)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Panel on Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for The Atmospheric Sciences: Entering the Twenty-First Century The Atmospheric Sciences: Entering the Twenty-First Century (1998)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council

Link to Catalog page for Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base (1992)
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (SEM)
Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming, National Academy ofSciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine

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