Climate change
Through more extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and rising global temperatures, climate change impacts the health of our communities in many ways [1]. Throughout Public Lab you’ll find tools and resources to research and monitor the effects of climate change on your local environment. From water quality to air quality to disaster response, many of the environmental issues addressed on Public Lab connect back to climate change and its impacts.
This page is a place to collect and organize resources on taking climate action through community science. Visit the climate change tag page to see the latest community posts about climate change on Public Lab, and click the button below to subscribe to climate-change and get updates on this topic.
And regarding the local impacts of climate change, see community work on disaster response here: https://publiclab.org/tag/disaster-response
Sources: 1. Climate effects on health
Join the conversation
- Ask a question, answer a question, or follow future questions on climate change
- Post an issue brief that describes your local concern related to climate change
- See current and emerging methods
- Read research notes
- Do or add an activity
Browse resources
- Learn about regulations related to climate change
- Find further reading and resources
Learn about next step challenges in community science on climate change
Join the conversation
Questions from the community
- See if other community members are asking questions like yours
- Ask a question so other community members can offer support
- Sign up below to be notified when someone asks a climate change question.
| Title | Author | Updated | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Does anyone aware of heat sensors that can record INDOOR heat intensity at 5-10 minutes intervals? | @Filipaul | almost 5 years ago | 2 | 2 |
| What is global warming effect on natural disaster? | @cspiller017_stu | almost 5 years ago | 0 | 4 |
| Making ink from petrochemical pollution? | @hchalew | almost 5 years ago | 2 | 2 |
| Can anyone help with weather station recommendations? | @stevie | over 7 years ago | 2 | 4 |
Post an Issue Brief
Share a local concern or issue related to climate change and get support from the Public Lab community by writing and posting an Issue Brief. Visit “Write an Issue Brief” to find information on what an issue brief is, see examples, and learn how to write one.
Research climate change
Current methods related to climate change
Methods published on Public Lab and tagged with climate-change will appear on the climate change methods page.
Below you’ll find a collection of accessible ways to research the effects of climate change, gathered from across Public Lab and beyond.
Do you have a tool or method to share? Start a method page and add the tag climate-change
Emerging methods and technologies related to climate change
Here we’ll describe new and developing approaches to researching climate change effects.
Please contribute your ideas here!
Research notes
Posts written by Public Lab community members and tagged with climate-change will appear here
Activities
Activities on Public Lab that have been tagged with climate-change will appear here
| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing yet on the topic "climate-change" -- be the first to post something! |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
See community projects and stories
Projects related to climate change
Community stories and conversations
- Sustain the Nine: Resilience in the Lower Ninth Ward, published in Public Lab’s Community Science Forum
- OpenHour interactive seminar on Energy
Do you have a project or story to share? Start a project page or write a blog post and add the tag climate-change, or post links here!
Regulations, policy, and advocacy
- Inventory of climate and clean energy policies by state, organized by the United States Climate Alliance
- “Science, Climate Litigation, and the Law,” a webinar hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists
Further reading and resources
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on Climate Effects on Health