MichCarb and the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education at Western Michigan University recommend the following electronic resources to those interested in learning more about climate change and carbon capture and storage.
Climate Change
Articles, reports and publications
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special report on carbon dioxide capture and storage
- Issues in Science and Technology: “The Case for Carbon Capture and Storage”
- United States Global Change Research Program: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (report for purchase)
Fact sheets
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climate change
- NCAR/UCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research: Global warming and climate change
- NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory-Global Monitoring Division: Climate change and greenhouse gases
- United States Environmental Protection Agency: "Frequently Asked Questions about Global Warming and Climate Change: Back to Basics"
Glossaries
- Climate Prediction Center: Climate glossary
- Schlumberger: Oilfield glossary
- United States Department of Energy and Berkeley Lab: Video glossary
- Wikipedia: Glossary of climate change
Google Scholar results
Websites
Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon capture and storage is an approach to mitigating global warming based on capturing carbon dioxide from large point sources, such as fossil fuel power plants and industrial plants, and storing it deep underground instead of releasing it into the atmosphere.
Fact sheets
- Bellona: Carbon capture and storage
- Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum: Carbon capture index and fact sheets
- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Energy and carbon capture
Google Scholar results
Link collections
- Bellona CCS: Websites, reports, brochures, papers
- Carbon Capture Journal: Web links by category
- Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum: Multilateral, non-profit, government, and university resources
- CCS Community Network: Web links worldwide
- CO2CRC: Participants, collaborations, capture, storage, international agencies, research, monitoring, data and news sources
- GreenFacts: CO2 capture and storage links
- NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory: Educational resource links
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research: Multimedia gateway and global warming resources
- United States Global Change Research Program: Resource links to data, summaries, education, images, tools, periodicals, references, organizations, research and more
Websites
- CaptureReady, CCS Information Team: Image gallery, “How does CCS Work”, research projects, global news and policies
- CO2 CRC: Videos and more
- The European Network of Excellence on the Geological Storage of CO2
Tools
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: CO2 thermophysical property calculator
- NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division: Carbon tracker