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Highly Recommended
Rough Guide to Climate Change  •  Robert Henson
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 374 PAGES
From the opening graph of average global temperatures and carbon dioxide levers since 1880, this astute primer lays out the symptoms, science, debate and solutions to global warming in clear, no-nonsense language. Henson is also the author of the Rough Guide to Weather. (GEN443, $19.99)		   Rough Guide to Climate Change
The Atlas of Climate Change, Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge  •  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. Revised. (REF16, $22.95)		   The Atlas of Climate Change, Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge
What We Know About Climate Change  •  Kerry Emanuel
REFERENCE •  2012 •  HARD COVER  • 85 PAGES
MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the basic science of global warming and how the current consensus has emerged in this second edition of his valuable primer. He also covers two major developments since the first edition: the most recent round of updated projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate simulations, and the so-called "climategate" incident and the collapse of popular and political support in the United States for dealing with climate change. (GEO46, $14.95)		   What We Know About Climate Change
After the Ice  •  Alun Anderson
SCIENCE •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 298 PAGES
An editor and biologist, Alun Anderson draws on his experience in the ice and interviews with researchers and local leaders all over the Arctic for this sharp report on the people, politics and impact of climatic change at the top of the world. He's especially good on the dynamic nature of the ice pack, finally bringing clarity to cutting-edge research on complex phenomena. The "perfect storm" of winds, warmer air and warmer seas triggered the events of 2007, when the summer ice shrank to 1.7 million square miles, 25% less than the year before, and half of what it had been in the 1960s. (ARC263, $26.99)		   After the Ice
The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change  •  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. One in a series of Complete Visual Guides, published by the University of California Press. (GEN556, $39.95)		   The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change
The White Planet, The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World  •  Jean Jouzel
SCIENCE •  2012 •  HARD COVER  • 312 PAGES
From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. (SCI316, $29.95)		  



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Floods, Famines and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations  •  Brian M. Fagan   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Pollack Henry   • SCIENCE  •  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  •  Steven Mithen   • SCIENCE  •  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  •  Gary Braasch   • SCIENCE  •  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  •  Elizabeth Kolbert   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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  •  Wallace S. Broecker  •  Robert Kunzig   • SCIENCE  •  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  •  John Houghton   • SCIENCE  •  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  •  Veronika Meduna   • SCIENCE  •  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  •  Philip Conkling   • SCIENCE  •  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  •  Tim F. Flannery   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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  •  Tim Flannery  •  Sally M. Walker   • SCIENCE • 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  •  Cagan H. Sekercioglu   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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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