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In Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the U.S., a group of people are learning firsthand about climate change. They are face to face with it. Some of them live there. Some are only visiting, and hoping to take their newfound knowledge back to the countries from which they came. They see climate change as a big problem, but not an intractable one.
Radio Deutsche-Welle Producer Irene Quaille visited their Climate Change College as part of Pole to Pole, our international media celebration of the International Polar Year.
Climate Change College airs as part of Pole to Pole, an international media
celebration of the 2007-2009 International Polar Year, produced with
support from the National Science Foundation, the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Deutsche Welle Radio,
Radio New Zealand, and the SOUNDPRINT Media Center, INC.
Links:
The Ice Blog
Deutsche Welle's Irene Quaile chronicles the different journeys of climate ambassadors.
AFN Climate Change Program
The citizens of the First Nations of Canada face a harsh reality and may be the first to suffer from global warming: from rising sea levels to loss of access to food. The Assembly of the First Nations has instilled a Climate Change Program to help its people adapt to their new future.
Global Climate Change
An easy to follow, tabulated chart of the potential effect of global warming on the different continents.
U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Most young people think they have no say in protecting the earth. Here are some tips and ideas for students and their teachers in helping save the planet.
International Polar Year
This site is dedicated to the use of cutting edge science to explore and interprete the wide range of the physical and biological issues of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Arctic Research Station Gallery
Have a look at what life is like for researchers and scientists studying climate change near the North Pole.
Greenland: The Ice Island
A photo essay of the world's biggest island with 85 percent covered in ice.
Pole to Pole Gallery
A gallery showing different ‘Pole to Pole’ research sites.
Books:
 Climate Change : Picturing the Science
by: Gavin Schmidt, Joshua Wolfe, Jeffrey D. Sachs 2009
Writing about the the effects of global warming is one thing, but having a visual illustration on the subject shown in the present day is more effective.
 Hot, Flat, and Crowded : Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America
by: Thomas L. Friedman 2009
'Hot, Flat and Crowded' is the perfect book for partisan discussions. Whether you believe in the ill effects of climate change or not, we can all agree that Friedman knows how to push people's environmental buttons.
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