Weather
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Environment
This online encyclopedia is aimed at lay people and school students. It is a good starting point to find out more about atmospheric issues such as climate change, global warming and ozone depletion and has excellent links for each topic
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/ eae/
Meteorological Office
As well as the latest UK and world weather forecasts and satellite images, the site has information about the Met. Office itself, the study of weather and forecasting and an excellent links section including an a-z country list of other national met. offices. One section is devoted to climate change
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk
Online Meteorology Guide from the University of Illinois
Aimed at secondary school children and undergraduates, this guide covers major aspects of the study of weather: light and optics, clouds and precipitation, forces and winds, air masses, weather forecasting, severe storms and El Nino
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/ (Gh)/ guides/ mtr/ home.rxml
UK National Air Quality Information Archive
This site provides information about air pollution in the UK - its causes, effects, what is being done to improve air quality plus statistics and forecasts. Daily regional air quality summaries are available. Link to Google Earth UK air pollution data
http://www.airquality.co.uk/ archive/ index.php
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
There is a link to the full text of the Kyoto Protocol (the commitment by developed countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases) which was agreed at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference at Kyoto.
http://unfccc.int/
World Climate
Site which provides weather averages for thousands of places worldwide.
http://www.worldclimate.com/climate/index.htm
Page last updated: 8 February 2012
