Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases: Article reviews scientific understanding of the issue of greenhouse gases and climate change, as presented in peer-reviewed publications. This understanding serves as the underlying basis of the American Geophysical Union's position statement of December 1998.

Gardening in the Global Greenhouse: The Impacts of Climate Change on Gardens in the UK: A technical report from the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP). Reviews data from research on agricultural and horticultural crops, and in forestry and nature conservation; examines responses within the context of gardens, garden plants, and the garden industry; and identifies future research needs. [PDF]

Global Climate Change and Biodiversity: Summary report from an international conference presenting papers on topics that cover a cross-section of the planet's major biomes: forests, marine, high latitudes and montane, managed landscapes and coasts. [PDF]

Global Climate Change: Research Explorer: Discover how researchers study climate change; examine the latest scientific data on this global problem. From the US National Science Foundation.

Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change: A Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Examines the natural variability, possible trends, frequency, and intensity of severe weather activity in tropical coastal regions, and explores the potential for change in greenhouse conditions.

Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production: An e-book from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Reports on the results of experiments to assess the direct and indirect effects of changing hydrological, pedological, and plant physiological processes.

Pew Center on Global Climate Change: Supports a cooperative approach and brings critical scientific, economic and technological expertise to the global debate on climate change.

US Department of State: Global Climate Change: Details of official communication on global climate change.

International Year of the Ocean: Impacts of Global Climate Change: A document prepared by various participating US Government agencies as a background discussion paper for this declaration. Considers the influence of the ocean in three parts: seasonal to interannual effects; decadal to centennial effects; and with an emphasis on US coastal areas.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Working Group 1 : The Scientific Basis of Climate Change: Analyses a body of observations of all parts of the climate system; catalogues increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases; assesses the processes and feedbacks which govern the climate system.