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Rough Guide to Climate Change

Rough Guide to Climate Change

by Robert Henson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 374 PAGES

Every member of the British Parliament received a copy of this astute primer, which lays out the symptoms, science, debate and solutions to global warming in clear, no-nonsense language. (GEN443, $19.99)

The Atlas of Climate Change, Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge

The Atlas of Climate Change, Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge

by Thomas E. Downing | Kirstin Dow

  • REFERENCE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

Fifty innovative color maps illuminate current changes in climate, weather, temperature, environmental funding, emissions and a host of related facts as compiled by geographers Kirstin Dow and Thomas Downing. (REF16, $22.95)

What We Know About Climate Change

What We Know About Climate Change

by Kerry Emanuel

  • REFERENCE
  • 2012
  • HARD COVER
  • 85 PAGES

With the power of a polished lecturer, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the issues, causes and concerns about the fate of our climate, updated for this second edition to cover the latest from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and unfortunate lack of political and popular will in the United States to tackle this vexing issue. (GEO46, $14.95)

After the Ice

After the Ice

by Alun Anderson

  • SCIENCE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 298 PAGES

Anderson includes his travels, often by ship, and interviews with dozens of researchers and local leaders from Greenland to Siberia for this sharp report on the people, politics and impact of climatic change at the top of the world. (ARC263, $26.99)

The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change

The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change

by Juliane Fry

  • SCIENCE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 512 PAGES

Magnificently illustrated, authoritative and exceedingly well-organized, this striking visual guide by a team of experts covers weather, clouds, storms, regional climate, meteorology and changing climate in striking full color maps, charts, photographs and succinct text. (GEN556, $39.95)

The White Planet, The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World

by Jean Jouzel

  • SCIENCE
  • 2012
  • HARD COVER
  • 312 PAGES

Written by three scientists at the center of many breakthroughs in ice core and climate science, this firsthand account shows how ice and snow impacts global climate -- and how, in turn, global warming is changing the frozen world. (SCI316, $29.95)

 

Floods, Famines and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations


by Brian M. Fagan

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Fagan combines meteorology, history, archaeology and storytelling flair to show the drastic effects that severe weather has had on the course of human civilization. (WLD111, $18.99)

A World Without Ice


by Pollack Henry

  • SCIENCE
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In this history of ice and humans' relationship to it, Pollack -- a cowinner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize -- describes the impact glaciers have on drinking water and irrigation and other ways climate change effects us now and could influence our future. (SCI289, $16.00)

After the Ice, A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC


by Steven Mithen

  • SCIENCE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 622 PAGES

A vivid tour of the warming world as it emerged from the last Ice Age, 20,000 - 5,000 BC, this absorbing chronicle tells the tale of adaptation and change through the eyes of Mithen's imaginary time traveler, John Lubbock, the Victorian author of Prehistoric Times. (CON70, $24.50)

Earth Under Fire, How Global Warming Is Changing the World

Earth Under Fire, How Global Warming Is Changing the World


by Gary Braasch

  • SCIENCE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 295 PAGES

This revised edition offers an upbeat and intelligent account of how we can lessen the effects of our near-total dependence on fossil fuels using technologies and energy sources already available. (SCI257, $29.95)

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change


by Elizabeth Kolbert

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER

An insightful and thought-provoking examination of global warming, how it happens and what can be done to stop it. Much of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker, where Kolbert is a regular contributor. (SCI168, $14.95)

Fixing Climate

Fixing Climate


by Wallace S. Broecker | Robert Kunzig

  • SCIENCE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Tracing the life and career of Broecker, an early harbinger of global warming, this history of the climate crisis and its early researchers is both a call to action and a fascinating overview of the science of climate change. (CON46, $15.00)

Global Warming, The Complete Briefing


by John Houghton

  • SCIENCE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 438 PAGES

Houghton explores the science, history, politics and potential impact of global climate change on our lives in this comprehensive primer. (SCI180, $67.00)

Secrets of the Ice, Antarctica's Clues to Climate

Secrets of the Ice, Antarctica's Clues to Climate


by Veronika Meduna

  • SCIENCE
  • 2012
  • HARD COVER
  • 232 PAGES

A journalist based in New Zealand, Meduna traipsed all over the continent for this eyewintess account of not only current Antarctic science, much of it on the cutting edge of understanding climate change but also icnluding vivid portraits of the intrepid men and women out in the field camps and research stations. (ANT378, $40.00)

The Fate of Greenland

The Fate of Greenland


by Philip Conkling

  • SCIENCE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

Both a sumptuous portrait of a remarkable place and an up-to-date overview of research into climate change, this gorgeously illustrated book brings together essays by leading geoscientists and oceanographers. (ARC285, $29.95)

The Weather Makers, How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth

The Weather Makers, How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth


by Tim F. Flannery

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Paleontologist and writer Tim Flannery untangles the science, politics and debate over climate change in this powerful book that has already had an impact on public policy in the author's native Australia. (SCI162, $15.00)

We Are the Weather Makers, The History of Climate Change

We Are the Weather Makers, The History of Climate Change


by Tim Flannery | Sally M. Walker

  • SCIENCE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 303 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

The whole family will appreciate the clarity and balance of this accessible adaptation of Tim Flannery's influential The Weather Makers for ages 14 and up by science writer Sally Walker. (GEO59, $9.99)

Winged Sentinels, Birds and Climate Change

Winged Sentinels, Birds and Climate Change


by Cagan H. Sekercioglu

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 262 PAGES

From penguins and puffins, to bowerbirds and bar-tailed godwits, the authors argue persuasively that birds are the bellwether of climate change. (BRD103, $42.00)

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