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Primary sources first
Prefer original datasets, papers and official technical documentation over commentary or headlines.
Assessment reports
Broad scientific assessments
These reports synthesise large bodies of published research. Use the chapter references and technical summaries to trace claims back to the underlying literature.
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Working Group I (physical science), Working Group II (impacts and adaptation), Working Group III (mitigation) and the Synthesis Report.
ipcc.ch — AR6 reports ↗WMO — State of the Global Climate
Annual synthesis of key global climate indicators and climate-related impacts.
wmo.int — reports ↗National Academies of Sciences
Consensus studies and explanatory material on climate science and scientific methods.
nap.nationalacademies.org ↗CSIRO & Bureau of Meteorology — State of the Climate
Australian climate observations, analysis and projections, with references and supporting material.
csiro.au — Australia ↗ · bom.gov.au ↗Observations & datasets
Follow the measurements
For numerical claims, record the dataset version, period, geographic coverage, baseline and uncertainty. A graph without that context can mislead.
NASA — Evidence for climate change
Indicators including temperature, ocean heat, sea level, ice and paleoclimate context.
NASA evidence ↗NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
Atmospheric greenhouse gas measurements, including the long-running Mauna Loa CO₂ record.
NOAA CO₂ trends ↗Berkeley Earth
Independent land and ocean temperature analysis, methods and data downloads.
Temperature datasets ↗Hadley Centre / Met Office — HadCRUT
Global surface temperature datasets and methodological documentation.
HadCRUT5 ↗Global Carbon Project — Global Carbon Budget
Annual estimates of fossil and land-use CO₂ emissions, sinks and atmospheric growth.
Global Carbon Budget ↗NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center
Sea-ice, snow and cryosphere data, with methods and scientific context.
NSIDC data ↗Research practice
How references will be used on OZ-ZONE
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Represent the evidence fairly
Summarise what a source actually concludes, including qualifications, uncertainty and scope.
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Keep claims traceable
Every important factual claim should have a nearby citation and a date checked or accessed.
Editorial note: this is an initial curated source list, not a completed bibliography for every legacy article. Individual pages still require claim-by-claim source review and updating.
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