Overviews, Explanations, Encyclopedia Entries
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- get a more useful, complete, contextual and multi-perspective understanding of your topic
- identify additional keywords you can use when searching for articles and reports
- Find Background Sources Using LibrarySearchClick to browse a rich assortment of recently published encyclopedias, dictionaries & handbooks relating to climate change.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowUse Credo to get quick definitions, overviews and explanations relating to any/all aspects of climate change.
- Climate Change Facts (NASA)Scientific evidence, causes, effects, and FAQs on climate change.
- Assessment Reports (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)IPCC Assessment Reports provide a view of the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts.
- Climate change. An Encyclopedia of Science, Society, and Solutions byFind explanations of global-warming science , potential remedies, including renewable energy resources.
- Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and AdaptationFind overviews covering wide-ranging aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation, including: Scientific Evidence of Climate Change and Societal Issues, Impacts of Climate Change, Energy Conservation, Alternative Energies, Advanced Combustion, Advanced Technologies, and Education and Outreach.
Climate Change Glossaries, Dictionaries
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