Research Centers

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) - An inter-governmental network for the promotion of global environmental change research and links between science and policy making in the Asia-Pacific Region.
http://www.apn.gr.jp/

ArcticNet - Collaborative effort joins Canadian university researchers and government officials with scientists from Japan, Europe, Russia and the US to study the impacts of climate change in the coastal Canadian Arctic.
http://www.arcticnet-ulaval.ca

Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts - Research is focused on the climate system, climate variability and global change issues, from contemporary climate variations, their causes and consequences, to paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes. Includes news of recent research.
http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/climate.html

UK Climatic Research Unit - Widely recognised as one of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change. Site provides a introductory-level information sheets, extensive downloadable data sets, information on research projects and programmes, and information on academic programmes, climate conferences, and climate links.
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/

Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative - Describes the university-wide effort to understand the impacts of climate change on our society and the environment.
http://climatechange.rutgers.edu/

Professor Alex Hall's Climate Sensitivity Research Lounge - From the UCLA's Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Provides information on research, publications and courses, as well as an 'information exchange' that provides links to a range of published articles.
http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/csrl/index.html

Northern Climate ExChange - Yukon-based exchange point for climate change study in the circumpolar north. Topics include climate predictions, impacts, and energy efficiency.
http://www.taiga.net/nce/

US Global Hydrology and Climate Center - A joint venture between government (NASA) and academia to study the global water cycle and its effect on weather and climate.
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/

World Climate Research Programme - Research to develop a fundamental scientific understanding of the physical climate system and climate processes to support studies of global change.
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcrp/

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research - Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation studies weather, climate and atmospheric pollution.
http://www.dar.csiro.au/

NASA: Goddard Institute for Space Studies - Includes a spotlight on global warming, and information on their research into the climate and climate modelling.
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/

Khosravinet - University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran - Information about climatology, physical geography, remote sensing, GIS, and Iranian geography.
http://www.geocities.com/khosravi_mh/

NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder - Microwave radar scatterometers measure wind over the ocean from space. Their data is usefule for monitoring climate conditions. This site provides access to climate record data from the Seasat, NSCAT, ERS-1/2 and SeaWinds scatterometers in image form to support climate change studies.
http://www.scp.byu.edu

Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford - Oxford University's centre for the study of environmental change: causes, impacts and remediation.
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - Project from the Swedish Academy of Sciences tracks the interation of biology and chemistry of the earth as they relate to global change.
http://www.igbp.kva.se/

Epic Project - Lincolnshire, UK centre of environmental innovation exploring low carbon technologies and responses to global warming, with conference space for hire.
http://www.epic-project.org/

Center for Global Environmental Research, Japan - Conducts diverse research on the consequences of human activities on the earth system. Includes information about capabilities, projects, data, and publications.
http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/index.html

NOAA Climate Program Office - Assists by sponsoring focused scientific research aimed at understanding climate variability and it predictability.
http://www.climate.noaa.gov/

International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska - Fostering international collaboration in global climate change research in the Arctic.
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/