Energy/Climate Change resources on the web

 

Basic Information

 

¥ Department of Energy – Energy Information Agency (EIA) – official energy statistics from the U.S. Government, including the Annual Energy Outlook and the International Energy Outlook

 

¥ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – The U.N. sponsored body that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.  The IPCC website contains its reports on the scientific evidence for climate change, the impacts of climate change and mitigation strategies.

 

 

Wikipedia articles – There are many useful wikipedia articles on energy & climate issues covered in Physics 190E.  The following is a sampling.  You can learn a lot from these articlesÉ.

 

Forms of energy - Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Thermal Energy, Chemical Energy, Nuclear Energy

 

Fossil fuels - Petroleum, Coal, Natural Gas, Non-conventional Oil

 

Nuclear Power

 

Renewable energy - Solar Power, Wind Power, Wave Power, Tidal Power, Biofuels