PARTNERSHIP RESPONSE
TO GLOBAL CHANGE
List of
Resources, August 2000
Thanks to
Joel
Brown, Chuck Rice, and Ann Lewandowski
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Items
marked with a globe are recommended sources of introductory material and are
included in the “Readings.”
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Items
marked with a bullet are in “Additional Resources.”
Sources
of Extensive Lists of Internet Links:
· Importance of charred organic matter in Black Chernozem soils of Saskatchewan:
http://www.nrc.ca/aic-journals/2001ab/cjss01/special01/cjss00-075.html
E.V. Ponomarenko and D.W. Anderson
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Global Climate
Change: Selective List of Online Resources http://www.pacinst.org/global.html
From the Pacific Institute. An extensive, selective, and categorized list of
links to information on the science and policy of climate change.
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Global Change Course
at Iowa State University. http://www.iitap.iastate.edu/gccourse
Includes a categorized list of links, and full lecture transcripts.
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Global Change Master
Directory. http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
From NASA. Extensive, categorized, and searchable links to data related to
global change, earth science, and environmental information. Click on Earth
Science Links for links to other sites.
I.
What
is global change?
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Peter
M. Vitousek, 1994. Beyond Global
Warming: Ecology and Global Change.
Ecology
75(7):
1861-1876.
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P.M.
Vitousek. 1992. Global Environmental
Change: An Introduction.
Annu Rev of Ecol Syst 23:1-14.
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William
H. Schlesinger. 1997. Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of
Global Change.
Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 3-14.
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U.S. Global Change
Research Program.
http://www.usgcrp.gov/
Includes a section for educators, related links,
and the “U.S. National Assessment of The Potential Consequences of
Climate Variability and Change.”
Also includes the US Global Change Research Information Office.
http://www.gcrio.org/ is
a source of government publications and data maintained
by the CIESIN for the GCRP.
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Global Change
Electronic Edition.
http://globalchange.org/default.htm
Published by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment,
and Security. Extensive and searchable source of current news articles, data,
legislative action, and links to other
sources of information about climate change and ozone depletion.
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NASA Earth
Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Includes news, features, images, data, and more.
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Center for
International Earth Science Information Network
at Columbia University. http://www.ciesin.org/
Includes the World Data Center.
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Trees in Grasslands:
Biogeochemical Consequences of Woody Plant Expansion http://cnrit.tamu.edu/rlem/faculty/archer/
A pdf version of a book chapter by Steve Archer, Thomas Boutton, and K.A.
Hibbard. Describes a study of the carbon sequestration capacity in semi-arid
systems.
Web
sites: Global
Change Education
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Global Change and
Environmental Education Resources. http://gcrio.org/edu/educ.html
A list of links maintained by the U.S. Global Change Research Information
Office
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Teaching with the
Internet. http://www.iitap.iastate.edu/gcp/teaching/teaching.html
Located at the Iowa State University Global Change Course site. at Iowa State
University
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Atmosphere, Climate
and Environment Information Programme. http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/ace/ace_frames.html
Supported by the government of the United Kingdom. Click on “Fact sheets”
and “Study packs.”
II.
Atmospheric
chemistry
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Biomass Burning and
Climate Change. http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/biomass_burn/biomass_burn.html
Describes the effect of biomass burning on global change. From NASA’s
Langley Research Center.
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Greenhouse Gases:
Sources, Sinks & Concentrations
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/ace/factsheets/gcc3_old_html.html
From the Atmosphere, Climate and Environment Information Programme of the UK
government.
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“Greenhouse gas
emissions and agriculture” http://www.usda.gov/oce/gcpo/facts.htm
Names the primary greenhouse gases that are emitted
directly and indirectly from agricultural activities and ways farmers may
reduce some of them.
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Methane and Other
Greenhouse Gases
http://www.epa.gov/ghginfo/topics.htm
Information from the US EPA. Includes reports on the costs and technological
options for reducing emissions of GHG’s – especially methane.
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Methane Emissions
from Livestock.
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/AG/liverear.html
A Thematic Guide from the Center for International Earth Science
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Carbon cycle diagram
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P.A.
Matson and P.M. Vitousek. 1990. Ecosystem
Approach to a Global Nitrous Oxide Budget.
BioScience 40:667-672.
III.
What is climate change?
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Frequently Asked
Questions about CO2, climate change, and the level
of scientific certainty. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/etc/faqs.html
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Milankovitch Theory http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/milankovitch.html
An explanation of the long term cycles that affect climate change over tens-
and hundreds-of-thousands of years.
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Why the United States
is Becoming More Vulnerable to Natural Disasters http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/articles/eisvink.html
On the web site of the American Geophysical Union.
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Factors Influencing
Bottom-Line Resource Impacts
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/impacts/agriculture/influence.html
Addresses: 1) Carbon Dioxide, Temperature, and Crop Yields; 2) Effects on Soil
Resources; 3) Effects on Weeds, Insects, and Disease; 4) Effects on
Water Resources.
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What’s Up with the
Weather? www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming
A web site associated with a PBS NOVA special aired April 2000. Extensive
interviews, frequently asked questions, explanation of information found in
ice
cores,
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The Debate About
Climate Change:
interviews with leading proponents and critics of global warming’s threat.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/
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Global Climate Change
Briefing Book.
http://www.cnie.org/nle/clim-7/ebgcctop.html
“Compiled by the Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of
Congress providing nonpartisan research reports to members of the House
and Senate.”
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Climate
Change Links from the Global
Environment Information Centre,
a Japanese organization http://www.geic.or.jp/climate-links.html
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ARIC at The
Manchester Metropolitan University.
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/arichome.html
“ARIC provides world class research and education in atmospheric and
sustainability issues to encourage responsible development.”
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NOAA Library http://www.lib.noaa.gov/A
library specializing in oceanic and atmospheric information.
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The Climate
Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/
“The CMDL of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in
Boulder, Colorado, conducts research related to atmospheric constituents that
are capable of forcing change in the climate of the Earth or that may deplete
the ozone layer. CMDL monitors
greenhouse gases, aerosols, ozone, ozone-
depleting gases and solar and terrestrial radiation at global sites including
four Baseline Observatories.”
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Alternative Views of
Climate Change.
http://www.me3.org/issues/climate/alternative.html
A list of sites that disagree with the seriousness of the threat or with the
actions being proposed to mitigate or adapt to climate change.
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World Climate Report http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/climate/
A periodical published by the Greening Earth Society (www.greeningearthsociegy.org).
“WCR has been proven to be an effective tool in pointing out the
weaknesses and fallacies in the science which is being touted as ‘proof’
of disastrous greenhouse warming.”
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Impact of Climate
Change and Land Use in the Southwestern U.S. http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/
An interactive web workshop from 1997. Sponsored by USGS.
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Center for the Study
of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
http://www.co2science.org/
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Agriculture and
Global Environmental Change.
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/AG/AG-home.html
A Thematic Guide from the Center for International Earth Science. Addresses
the following:
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Human
Causes of Global Climate Change Related to Agriculture
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Impacts
of Global Climate Change on Agriculture
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Adaptations
to Global Climate Change
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Farm
Policy Options
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Indigenous
Agricultural and Environmental Knowledge Systems
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Carbon Dioxide
Information Analysis Center
http://cdiac.ESD.ORNL.GOV/
The primary global-change data and information analysis center of the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE).
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Frequently Asked
Questions http://cdiac.ESD.ORNL.GOV/pns/faq.html
The questions are just a bit more technical than other FAQ’s in this list.
You can ask your own question.
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Herrick,
J.E.; Wander, M.M. 1998. Relationships
between soil organic carbon and soil quality in cropped and rangeland soils:
the importance of
distribution, composition, and soil biological activity. Soil
Processes and the Carbon Cycle.
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, .. p.
405-
425.(S592.6.C35S65- 1998). An academic review explaining the importance of
soil organic matter.
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Global Warming: Early
Warning Signs www.climatehotmap.org
A list of events around the world that are evidence of or possible
consequences of global warming. Prepared by a group of environmental advocacy
organizations.
IV.
Land use changes
V.
Changes in water resources
VI.
Changes in ecological systems and services
VII.
A. & B Impact to agriculture
and resources
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U.S. National
Assessment http://www.nacc.usgcrp.gov
The potential consequences of climate variability and change.
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Agriculture &
Global Climate Change: A Review of Impacts to U.S. Agricultural Resources.
http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/env_agriculture.html
A report from the Pew Climate Change Center describing the effect of climate
change on agriculture and ways that agriculture can adapt. When estimating
the effects, minimal consideration is given to changes in the incidence and
severity of agricultural pests, soil erosion, tropospheric ozone levels, and
extreme
events such as droughts and floods.
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Impacts of Global
Climate Change on Agriculture.
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/AG/humancon.html
A Thematic Guide from the Center for International Earth Science.
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Bibliography: Climate
Change and Impact on US Water Resources http://www.pacinst.org/CCBib.html
from the Pacific Institute.
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Bibliography: Climate
Change and Its Impact on Biodiversity http://www.pacinst.org/wildlife.html
Also from the Pacific Institute.
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Climate Variability,
Climate Change and Western Water. http://www.den.doi.gov/wwprac/reports/aclimate.htm
From the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, a Presidential
Committee created in 1995.
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Is Global Warming
Harmful to Health? by
Paul R. Epstein. Scientific American. August 2000. Pp 50-57.
Climate change may trigger greater incidence of infectious diseases because of
increased frequency of floods and droughts, and expansion of the ecological
range of disease vectors.
VII.
C. Risk management
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Malk,
Andrew. 1999. “Uncertainty and Risk
Assessment”
In W.T. Sexton, et al. Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem
Management, Vol. III. Oxford
: Elsevier Science. Pp. 191-195.
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Haynes,
Richard and Dave Cleaves. 1999. Uncertainty,
Risk, and Ecosystem Management.
In Ecological Stewardship: A Common
Reference for
Ecosystem Management, Vol. III. Oxford
: Elsevier Science. Pp. 413-429.
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Cleaves,
David A. and Richard W. Haynes. 1999. Risk
Management for Ecological Stewardship. In Ecological
Stewardship: A Common
Reference for Ecosystem Management, Vol. III.
Oxford : Elsevier Science. Pp. 431-461.
VIII.
Responses
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C.A.
Seybold, J.E. Herrick, and J.J. Brejda. 1999. Soil
Resilience: A Fundamental Component of Soil Quality. Soil Science 164:224-234.
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Mitigation and
Adaptation for Climate Change: Answers and Questions http://phe.rockefeller.edu/mitigation/
A summary of the research results presented at the Workshop on Costs, Impacts,
and Possible Benefits of CO2 Mitigation held in September 1992 in
Laxenburg, Austria, under the auspices of the International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC). A global analysis of the potential for mitigation and
adaptation. Little about specific methods of mitigation and adaptation.
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Mitigation
responses
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Growing Carbon: A New
Crop That Helps Agricultural Producers and the Climate, Too. A
brochure for agricultural producers, NRCS staff and
the conservation partnership. Explains climate change and its implications;
and discusses the effect of agriculture on greenhouse gases, practices that
can
increase carbon storage in soil, and the potential for carbon markets. Request
a copy by calling 1-888-526-3227, or e-mailing landcare@swcs.org. Or
download a copy from http://www.swcs.org/f_pubs_education.htm.
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Overview of Global
Change, Agriculture, and the Conservation Partnership. An NRCS paper
distributed May 2000.
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The Indiana Carbon
Storage Project: Questions and Answers.
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Review of Published
Sequestration Potentials and Carbon Values
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R.
Lal, R.F. Follett, J. Kimble, and C.V.Cole. 1999. Managing
U.S. Cropland to Sequester Carbon in Soil. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
54:374-381.
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Land Use and Global
Climate Change http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/land_use.html
A report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change examining how land can
be managed to slow the rate of increase in atmospheric CO2 levels,
reviewing how the Kyoto Protocol deals with land uses, and identifying issues
that must be resolved if the Protocol is to be implemented.
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Working Trees for
Carbon Cycle Balance http://www.unl.edu/nac/pubs/brochures/wtcarbon/index.html
A two-page introduction to agroforestry and it potential for removing CO2
from the atmosphere. Available from the USDA National Agroforestry Center,
402-437-5178.
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Council for
Agricultural Science and Technology
http://www.cast-science.org
The issue paper “Storing Carbon in Agricultural Soils to Help Mitigate
Global Warming” (2000) is available on-line. The text of the report, “Preparing
U.S.
Agriculture for Global Climate Change” (1992) is not available on-line, but
both publications can be ordered by calling 1-800-375-CAST or (515) 292-
4512.
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Emission and
Reduction of Greenhouse Gases from Agriculture and Food Manufacturing
http://www.oit.doe.gov/agriculture/page18.htm
A summary white paper from the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and the Office of Industrial Technologies.
1999.
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Ruminant Livestock
Efficiency Program http://www.epa.gov/outreach/rlep/index.htm
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Carbon: Exploring the
Benefits to Farmers and Society http://www.cvrcd.org/carbon.htm
A conference in Des Moines, Iowa, August 29-31. Check the site for abstracts
or proceedings.
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Climate Change
Mitigation http://agrinet.tamu.edu/mccarl/ccm.html
A bibliography of articles by Bruce McCarl at Texas A&M University.
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Policies and Measures
for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation.
http://oecd.int/env/cc/policies_ghg.htm
An analysis of a wide range of mitigation measures. From the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Carbon Sequestration
Research and Development http://www.ornl.gov/carbon_sequestration/
A report from the U.S. Department of Energy. Copies available on-line, or by
ordering from NTIS at www.ntis.gov/ordering.htm, 1-800-553-6847.
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Report
from a Workshop on Carbon Sequestration
in Soils http://www.cast-science.org/9812carb.htm
co-sponsored by CAST, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. (December 1998)
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