The climate change-related statistics are mainly projected temperatures and, for coastal areas, sea-level rise. And these are pretty speculative, as the website's creators readily admit. Nature News asked some scientists to review the site's content and many were critical of its rigor. "If I was doing this I would caveat it to death," said Linda Mearns, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and lead author on the IPCC reports.

The creators acknowledge gaps in the data and say they hope to update it with new IPCC report information. They also validly point out, "If we included all the scientific discussion about all the uncertainties, no one would ever read it."

All in all, this is a fun place to fish, as long as you can ignore the many entreaties to sign up for the premium subscription (along with numerous Paypal signs). The scientific links alone make the site worth a visit, providing arrows to vast amounts of wonderful, wonky stuff.

And I'm sure we'll be seeing many more sites like this in the future, as people -- even well-intentioned ones -- seek to make a buck on climate change.