Riding the Waves of Climate Change

By Brian Tissot

References used in the Presentation:

Good overall source of information

Skeptical Science (debunks myths about climate change):

https://www.skepticalscience.com

Climate Central: a general source of current climate news and science

http://climatecentral.org

University Washington Climate Center: PNW and west coast data online

http://www.climate.washington.edu/trendanalysis/

Effects on Marine Ecosystems

Climate Scoreboard: progress on climate change (or not!)

https://www.climateinteractive.org/programs/scoreboard/

Marine ecosystem resilience example: Resilience from PISCO website

Lafferty, K. D. & M. D. Behrens. 2005. Temporal variation in the state of rocky reefs: does fishing increase the vulnerability of kelp forests to disturbance? In: Garcelon DK, Schwemm CA (eds) Sixth California Islands Symposium. Institute for Wildlife Studies, Ventura, CA, p 511-520.

Changing shoreline composition:

Graham, M. H., P. K. Dayton. And M. Erlandson. 2003. Ice ages and ecological transitions on temperate coasts. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 18 (1), 33-40.

Long-term climate changes in the ocean:

Norris, R. D., S. Kirtland, P.M. Hull and A. Ridgwell. 2013. Marine ecosystem Responses to Cenozoic Global Change. Science 341 (6145): 492-498.
Roemmich, D. and J. McGowan. 1995. Climatic warming and the decline of zooplankton in the California Current. Science. 1995 Mar 3;267(5202):1324-6.

Coral Reef Watch: alerts on global coral bleaching events

https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.php

Effects of ocean acidification on rockfish:

Scott Hamilton,Cheryl A. Logan, Hamilton W. Fennie, Susan M. Sogard, James P. Barry, April D. Makukhov, Lauren R. Tobosa, Kirsten Boyer, Christopher F. Lovera, Giacomo Bernardi. 2017. Species-Specific Responses of Juvenile Rockfish to Elevated pCO₂: From Behavior to Genomics. PLOS One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169670

Effects on Terrestrial Ecosystems

Wildfire Disasters

Christensen, Travis. How Climate Change Fuels Increasing Wildfire Disasters (link courtesy of Sohana and her teacher Emma Taylor. Thank you!)

Politics and Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists:

Expert Credibility:

William R. L. Anderegga,, James W. Prall, Jacob Harold, and Stephen H. Schneider. 2009. Expert credibility in climate change. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1003187107

Media Bias:

Boykoff, M. T. and J. M. Boykoff. 2004. Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press. Global Climate Change 14(2004): 125-136.

California Climate Strategy:

http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/

Brian N. Tissot