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• Observations of the Spots on the Sun From November 9, 1853, to March 24, 1861, Made at Redhill (London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1863), by Richard Christopher Carrington (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Théorie Mathématique des Phénomènes Thermiques Produits par la Radiation Solaire (in French; Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1920), by Milutin Milankovic (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Compendium of Theoretical Atmospheric Tidal Structures (2 volumes; Hanscom AFB, MA: Astronomy Division, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, 1982), by J. M. Forbes, D. F. Gillette, Maura E. Hagan, and E. DiCesare
  • Part I (Model Description and Explicit Structures due to Realistic Thermal and Gravitational Excitation): page images at HathiTrust
  • Part II (Thermospheric Extensions of the Classical Expansion Functions for Semidiurnal Tides): page images at HathiTrust

• Boletín del Observatorio Meteorológico, by Sociedad Geográfica de La Paz (partial serial archives)

• Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change, by National Research Council (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy: Proceedings of a Workshop (1991), by National Research Council Energy Engineering Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Secret of the Ninth Planet, by Donald A. Wollheim (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution, by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (full serial archives)

• Causes and Effects of Stratospheric Ozone Reduction: An Update (1982), by National Research Council Commission on Natural Resources (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Why Scientists Disagree on Global Warming (Arlington Heights, IL: Pub. for the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change by the Heartland Institute, c2015), by Craig D. Idso, R. M. Carter, and S. Fred Singer (PDF with commentary at heartland.org)
• Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation on Climate Change, Privatisation and Power (2006), by Larry Lohmann, ed. by Niclas Hallstrom, Olle Nordberg, and Robert Osterbergh (PDF at The Corner House)
• The Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays?, ed. by Peter Hayes and Kirk R. Smith (HTML at UNU Press)
• An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and its Implications for United States National Security (2003; released 2004), by Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall (PDF at dtic.mil)

• Global Climate Change and California: Potential Impacts and Responses (Berkeley: University of California Press, c1992), ed. by Joseph B. Knox and Ann Foley Scheuring (frame-dependent illustrated HTML at UC Press)

• Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming (1991), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Atmosphere of Pressure: Political Interference in Federal Climate Science (Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists; Washington: Government Accountability Project, 2007), by Timothy Quinn Donaghy, Jennifer Freeman, Francesca Grifo, Karly Kaufman, Tarek F. Maassarani, and Lexi Shultz (PDF with commentary at ucsusa.org)

• Fourth National Climate Assessment (2 volumes, 2017-2018), by U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009- )
  • Volume I (Climate Science Special Report): illustrated HTML at globalchange.gov
  • Volume II (Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States): illustrated HTML and PDF files at globalchange.gov
• Preparing for an Uncertain Climate (2 volumes (OTA-O-567 and OTA-O-568); 1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I: PDF at Georgetown
  • Volume II: PDF at Georgetown

• Sun Power: The Global Solution for the Coming Energy Crisis (c1995), by Ralph Nansen (illustrated HTML with commentary at nss.org)

• Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance (c2021), by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (HTML and PDF with commentary at NAP)

• Regional Guidelines for Building Passive Energy Conserving Homes (Washington: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 1978), by AIA Research Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Following the Sun: The Pioneering Years of Solar Energy Research at The Australian National University, 1970-2005 (c2012), by Robin Tennant-Wood (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Following the Sun: The Pioneering Years of Solar Energy Research at The Australian National University, 1970-2005 (c2012), by Robin Tennant-Wood (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Application of Solar Technology to Today's Energy Needs (1978), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • Volume I: PDF files at Princeton
  • Volume II: PDF files at Princeton
• Conservation and Solar Energy Programs of the Department of Energy: A Critique (1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Phosphorus Diffusion Conditions for Shallow-Junction Solar Cells (NASA technical note D-5629, 1970), by Harold E. Kautz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Phosphorus Diffusion Conditions for Shallow-Junction Solar Cells (NASA technical note D-5629, 1970), by Harold E. Kautz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Regional Guidelines for Building Passive Energy Conserving Homes (Washington: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 1978), by AIA Research Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manual on Solar Distillation of Saline Water (Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Distributed by National Technical Information Service, 1970), by S. G. Talbert, J. A. Eibling, George O. G. Löf, Chung-Ming Wong, and Everett N. Sieder (page images at HathiTrust)

• Solar Water Heaters in California, 1891-1930 (reprinted Sacramento: California Energy Commission, c1977), by Ken Butti and John Perlin (page images at HathiTrust)