https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/glossary/
This is a good place to turn to if there are any words or phrases you're unfamiliar with. There's a lot of scientific terms and expressions that the average person might not understand easily and full confession- we're trained to write in very concise, jargon filled and very cold sentences. I apologize for doing this myself at times, and I hope this can help reduce uncertainty and questions.
https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
NASA's first rate resource for discussing the evidence-based science behind Climate Change
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31168
NASA's new "Hyperwall" webpage detailing their huge database of Earth science information helping people understand the details of their decades of research and discovery about our climate. It includes this helpful video presentation
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a031100/a031168/KarenStGermain_HD_COP26_Presentation_Final.mp4
https://www.climate.gov/climatedashboard
This is another comprehensive tool that starts at basic levels and works it's way up for several climate measures- you can easily spend hours here on all of their sections.
https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool
An interactive tool on the NASA website that lets users examine different sea level rise scenarios based on different possible pathways of CO2 emissions.
https://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/science-and-impacts/science/human-contribution-to-gw-faq.html
An excellent beginner's source by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
A simple and elegant explanation for greenhouse gases and an introductory 60 second video to help quickly understand the issue
https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/policy/policy-memos/climate-change-the-basics/
American Meteorological Society's basic primer on the ideas and threats of climate change.
Australian Academy of Science goes into deeper detail on greenhouse gas sources and atmospheric energy balance https://www.livescience.com/37003-global-warming.html
Live Science's excellent slightly deeper dive into the concepts of climate change.
It's sad to say that there's a large cottage industry of bad actors and people who have convinced themselves their opinions are more important than the evidence. These sites allow you to investigate the claims they've made, and why they are contrary to published science.
https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php
"Global Warming & Climate Change Myths"
This is a great website to learn the tricks used by climate deniers to misinform their audience.
https://skepticalscience.com/misinformers.php
"Climate misinformation by source
This page indexes climate misinformation by influential individuals who have promoted various myths. It includes links to Skeptical Science rebuttals of the myths and other relevant material on the subpages."
https://www.ucsusa.org/climate/disinformation
"Climate Disinformation
Misleading information on global warming can usually be traced directly to special interests."
https://climate360news.lmu.edu/how-to-tell-if-theres-climate-misinformation-on-your-feed/
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