> new edition full text now online < Global climate change will matter most in local places. The Changing Climate of South Texas 1900-2100: Problems and Prospects, Impacts and Implications, published by CREST-RESSACA at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, is now available in a new revised edition online. [read more]

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Texas a leader on energy efficiency?
November 2, 2009 - Texas Climate News

Is Texas a national leader on energy efficiency or is it lagging somewhere in the middle of the pack? 

The answer is yes to both questions, according to new report by a prominent efficiency-promoting group. It depends on what criteria are used to do the measuring.

In its third annual 50-state scorecard on "policies, programs, and practices," the  American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recently put Texas in 23rd place (tied with Florida and Utah)... [continue] 

Climate Features

Houston/Galveston region faces $12 billion infrastructure losses from climate change
 Guidry News Service

Austin, TX – Galveston-area sea level rise over the next 100 years due to climate change could displace more than 100,000 households and create more than $12 billion in infrastructure losses, according to a report released today commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and British Consulate-General Houston, The Socio-Economic Impact of Sea Level Rise in the Galveston Bay Region.  [more]

The Impact of Global Warming on Texas
 Edited by Jurgen Schmandt, Judith Clarkson and Gerald R. North

The Texas Climate Initiative is pleased to provide an online preview of this comprehensive and readable account of what is currently known about the threats and opportunities posed by climate change in Texas. This book connects global climate change to the expected changes in the local climates and places where we Texans live, work and play. The book will be published by the University of Texas Press.  [more]

Texas’ Changing Economic Climate: Risks and Opportunities in a Carbon Constrained World 

RA conference was held on January 29, 2009 at the Texas State Capitol Extension, Austin, Texas.  For details visit: www.liveoakinitiative.com/TCEC09

Will West Texas Become a Climate Change Hotspot in the United States?

Regional modeling of how long-term global warming patterns might emerge in the US suggests that future climates in West Texas could be very different than those of the past. Climate researchers used unique state-of-the-art high resolution nested climate simulation models to explore the importance of fine scale processes in determining climate change hotspots in the continental United States and Mexico.Â[more] 

Climate Learning Center

Design Guide for Undergraduate Earth System Science Education
A resource for teaching Earth system science 

This Design Guide for Undergraduate Earth System Science Education is a web-based resource for teaching Earth system science that represents the lessons learned from 15 years of NASA-supported Earth system science education programs at 57 universities and colleges throughout the United States.  The primary audience for the guide are faculty who are teaching or are interested in teaching Earth system science at the undergraduate level, but secondary audiences include college and university administrators interested in developing an undergraduate ESS curriculum, as well as high school practitioners and administrators. The Design Guide was developed and produced via a collaboration of faculty involved in the ESSE21 program.

www.essedesignguide.org