UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WESTERN
CLIMATE CHANGE
Education & Resources
Click on the links below for reliable sources of climate information:
Skeptical Science-Getting Skeptical About Global Warming Skepticism
Earth the Operators Manual (ETOM)-It's Us
National Climate Assessment 2014
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Carbon Tracker - Pumphandle 2016
National Centers fro Environmental Information
Environmental Protection Agency - Climate Change
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISTemp)
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (5-yr Global Temps)
NASA "A Breathing Planet OFF Balance"
Explore Ice by Dr. Erin Pettit
Nautilus "Secrets in the Ice" Article on Ice Cores
Climate Related Websites
The following includes links to scientific, educational, and governmental websites
Climate Change Films
Click on the links for the film website or trailers:
The End of Snow by Day's Edge Productions
Chasing Ice by photographer James Balog
Thin Ice - The Inside Story of Climate Science
Six Degress, by National Geographic based of the book by Mark Lynas
Earth the Operator's Manual by Climate Scientist Richard Alley
Before the Flood by Leonardo DiCaprio
Time to Choose by Academy Award-Winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
Climate Skeptics, Pseudoscience & Climate Misinformation
The following links track some of the most prolific anti-science, anti-climate efforts
Science Integrity resources that identify Pseudo or anti-Climate Science Organizations
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DeSmogBlog Note: The Climate Disinformation Database has a staggeringly long list
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Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes
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The Dirty Dozen by Mother Jones
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Key Funded Climate Scientist Deniers and Climate Skeptics
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Craig Idso, Robert Carter (deceased 2016), S. Fred Singer, William Happer, Judith Curry, Myron Ebell, Kathleen White
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Websites
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Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) A pseudo climate science report from The Heartland Institute intended to cause doubt and confusion about the research
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WattsupwithThat -Anthony Watts runs WattsupwithThat and is NOT a climate scientist, nor finished his bachelor's degree
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Unofficial IPCC Report Backhanded analysis is meant to cause uncertainty in the findings
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Organizations/Think tanks
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American Enterprise Institute
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American Legislative Exchange Council
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Cato Institute
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CEI Center for Energy and Environment
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Cooler Heads Coalition (aka GlobalWarming.org)
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Americans for Prosperity
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Financial Front Groups
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Donors Trust
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Freedom Partners
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Koch Industries
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