Climate Change
Resources for Students
HERO Resources for Students
H.E.R.O.
Hanning Environmental Research Organization
Focused on marine and rain forest ecology and environmental justice for our fragile marine environment.
Bootcamp
How Coding Can Help To Clean Up Our Oceans
Our oceans are currently confronting a critical challenge as they become increasingly polluted. Every year, millions of tons of plastic waste, along with toxic chemicals, untreated sewage, and oil, make their way into the ocean.
Wikipedia
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. The film features a slide show that, by Gore's own estimate, he has presented over 1,000 times to audiences worldwide.
Stanford University
Stanford Micro Docs
Stanford University Micro Docs. Watch videos produced to show what work is being done to measure and mitigate the climate change affect on marine life.
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA's website offers extensive resources on climate change and its effects on marine ecosystems. They provide scientific reports, articles, and data on how rising temperatures, ocean acidification, and other climate-related factors are impacting marine life.
NatGeo
National Geographic
National Geographic has dedicated sections on their website to climate change and its impacts. They often feature articles, videos, and interactive content that highlight how marine species are being affected by climate change-induced phenomena such as ocean warming and habitat loss.
WWF
World Wildlife Fund
The WWF website includes information on climate change and its effects on various ecosystems, including the oceans. They discuss how climate change is causing shifts in marine habitats, affecting species distributions, and threatening biodiversity.
Climate Central: Climate Central focuses on communicating climate science to the public. Their website includes resources on the impacts of climate change on different aspects of the environment, including marine ecosystems. They provide accessible articles and visuals that explain how rising temperatures and sea levels are affecting marine life.
Ocean Conservancy
The Ocean Conservancy
The Ocean Conservancy website addresses climate change and its implications for ocean health. They discuss topics such as coral bleaching, ocean acidification, and sea level rise, all of which have significant consequences for marine species.
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC periodically releases comprehensive assessment reports on climate change, including its impacts on various sectors, including the oceans. Their reports provide authoritative scientific information on how climate change is affecting marine ecosystems and species.
UCSD
The where, when and why of bringing back kelp
Beginning in 2014, California’s coastline suffered a severe marine heat wave. An expanse of unusually warm water known as “the Blob” hovered in the Pacific, wiping out much of the state’s kelp forests, especially in Northern California.
DSP
How Data Science Can Help Fight Climate Change
Global warming is one of the most pressing and severe challenges confronting our planet. This urgent problem is primarily fueled by the rising levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the Earth's atmosphere.
Data science is a powerful tool in the fight against global warming. It uses different methods, such as machine learning (where computers learn from data) and data visualization (turning data into pictures), to analyze the details and understand the most challenging components of climate change.
CSU
2025 CSU Grad Slam: Three-Minute Thesis Competition
Congratulations to our 5th annual CSU Grad Slam winners! Please see below for a video recording of the competition.
- First Place-Lydia Durunguma
- Second Place-Sarah Holman De Bruyn
- People's Choice-Aiyana Diya Singh
We have concluded the CSU System Grad Slam view our event below. Please visit the CSUSB Grad Slam for information and to view our campus CSUSB Grad Slam.
Snappywords
How Climate Change Fuels Increasing Wildfire Disasters
The haunting orange skies over San Francisco in 2020. The devastating Black Summer of Australia in 2019-2020. The record-breaking Los Angeles wildfires of 2025. These aren't isolated incidents, but rather stark indicators of a growing global crisis where climate change and wildfires form a devastating feedback loop. As our planet warms, wildfires are more frequent, more intense, and more destructive. In the past decade alone, we've witnessed a dramatic surge in catastrophic wildfires across every continent except Antarctica, with fire seasons extending longer and burned areas expanding into regions previously thought resistant to such disasters.
