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Global Warming Hot Spots
In this map, fingerprints and harbingers of global warming are clickable markers, which open to full details on how global warming has affected that area. For instance, click on Wisconsin and a window opens to information about how ice cover on the lakes disappears faster in the spring; click on Bermuda where mangroves are dying due to rising sea levels; click on Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica where frogs and toads are disappearing. This map builds on work undertaken by the Sierra Club and is updated by researchers from the Environmental Defense Fund, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and The World Resources Institute. World Wide Web: http://www.climatehotmap.org
Pew On Global Warming
Most know of the Pew Charitable Trust as a supporter of National Public Radio. But the organization funds many causes, including research into global warming. The results of research funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts are here in audio, video and downloadable PDF files on such topics as toxic substances from power plants; biodiversity effects; and how appliances can help or hinder the cause. World Wide Web: http://www.pewtrusts.com/redirect/optional-redirect.cfm
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