ESYS 10:  Climate Change and the Future

Topics (with selected links):

ForEST: Overview of Fossil Fuel Energy Resources
EcoWorld: Energy Overview
Fossil Energy (Department of Energy)
Fossil Fuel Reserves (U. Sydney)
OPEC FAQ on the petroleum industry
Drilling to the Ends of the Earth (Rainforest Action Network)

The Missing Carbon Sink (Woods Hole Research Center)
International Group Searches For Missing Carbon Sink (UniSci)
A Sink for Missing Carbon Discovered in Northern Forests (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA)
The CO₂ Fertilization Factor and the ``Missing'' Carbon Sink
Mystery of the Missing Carbon (NASA)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis (IPCC)
IPCC Emissions Scenarios
IPCC Projections for Future Climate Change

Bretherton diagram
Bretherton diagram in color

Wind farm in Palm Springs
Solar electricity (Solar electric power association)