One of the largest, oldest, and best-respected federal labs working on climate, GISS is headed by Dr. James Hansen. It is in New York City.
The coordinating point for all federal agencies working on climate science, the CCSP reports to the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy via NOAA and the Commerce Department.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC is the umbrella organization that articulates not only the consensus among climate scientists, but also the breadth of opinion among them. It assembles and synthesizes the work of some 2,000 scientists in scores of disciplines from about 150 countries. Wikipedia. Press Contact.
This 20-page text distributed free in pdf format is by Mike MacCracken, former head of the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
by John T. Houghton (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1994 New York) (Paperback). See also "Overview of the Climate Change Issue".
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The coordinating point for all federal agencies working on climate science, the CCSP reports to the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy via NOAA and the Commerce Department.
Some beginners' guides to climate science
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