Subject Guides: Biological Systems Engineering

Alternative / Renewable / Sustainable Energies

Climate Change

  • Center for Climatic Research, UW-Madison, Nelson Institute
    Conducts disciplinary and interdisciplinary research on past and present state of global climate and its impact upon ecosystems.
  • Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, UW-Madison, Nelson Institute
    Conducts interdisciplinary research on the changing and complex relationships between global environmental systems and human activity.
  • Climate, World Health Organization
    Links to fact sheets and publications about the human-health impacts of global climate change.
  • Climate Change, Environmental Protection Agency
    Site supplies links to information regarding the 'state of knowledge', health and environmental effects, United States climate policy, and practical, personal action.
  • Climate Program Office, NOAA
    Site supplies links to climate data (archived and outlook), interactive analysis tools, and reports and publications regarding global climate change.
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
    In addition to the tab, "global warming", site supplies information--news and publications--about clean energy, invasive species, food quality and sustainability, and security-related issues.

Patents and Standards

Stray Voltage