Links and resources about polar science and climate change
The websites below can quickly help build a wide panel of resources covering the scope of polar sciences & climate change. Categories on the left can be used to narrow your choice.
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Canadian Polar Commission
Established in 1991 as the lead agency in the area of polar research, the Canadian Polar Commission has responsibility for: monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions; contributing to public awareness of the importance of polar science to Canada; enhancing Canada's international profile as a circumpolar nation; and recommending polar science policy direction to government.
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Census of Marine Life
The Census of Marine Life is a growing global network of researchers in more than 70 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans -- past, present, and future.
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Climate Ark
The Climate Ark is a Climate Change Portal and Internet Search Tool that provides access to reviewed climate change and renewable energy news and information. It is dedicated to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.
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Climate Group
The Climate Group is building a leadership coalition of organisations committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Their objectives are: promoting the acceleration of greenhouse gas emissions reductions globally, creating a growing dynamic network of reducers & supporters, building capacity and awareness of best practise, catalysing a new political momentum on climate change, supporting the formation of a global climate movement.
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Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
As the name suggests, this website is dedicated to the marine life in Antarctic. A good part of the website deals with the commission itself, how it works, who participates, etc. Apart from that, publications and scientific articles are available for the public (largely through PDF documents).
