About Global Warming

The LLESD Cool Campaign arose from a concern over the threat of global climate change and the dramatic impact it is having on our global environment, our everyday lives, and our future. But what is it all about exactly?

To help you learn more about the most pressing scientific issue of our time, here are some of the most respected resources currently available on-line:

For kids:
  • Global Warming for Kids offers an assortment of resources including other website, interactive games for ages 7-11 and 11-15, science fair projects, multi-media links and much more. Created by EducationforClimateChange.org.
  • The EPA offers "Global Warming, What It Is..." to help guide children through the science of global warming using helpful graphics and animations. Worth a visit!

For adults:
  • IPCC Report: The definitive report on climate change from the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007's Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), has four main parts that make for fascinating, if heavy-duty, reading.
  • Union of Concerned Scientists - Global Warming: An ongoing discussion of the science behind global warming, and references to "solutions", things you can do to help stop global warming.
  • The National Science Foundation offers an Exploratorium that provides easy-to-digest overviews of global climate change and its effects on the Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere (oceans), cryosphere (snow and ice cover), and biosphere (plants and animals).
  • RealClimate: A commentary site (blog) on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.
  • Climate History: Written by a physicist and supported by the American Institute of Physics and the National Science Foundation, this offers a fascinating history of how scientists came to understand the man-made causes of climate change, and how long it took.