The rough guide to climate change

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The Rough Guide to Climate Change gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 2nd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options- global and personal- for dealing with the threat of a warming world. The guide looks at the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years and what computer simulations of climate change reveal about our past, present, and future. This updated edition includes new information from the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and an updated politics section to reflect post-Kyoto developments. Discover how rising temperatures and sea levels, plus changes to extreme weather patterns, are already affecting life around the world. The guide unravels how governments, scientists and engineers plan to tackle the problem and includes in-depth information and lifestyle tips about what you can do to help.

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Steve

A good, simple review of the current understanding of climate change science. Everyone who wants to understand the current debate over the causes, effects, and potential solutions or remediations for anthropogenic climate change would do well to start with this book, and certainly I would recommend it to the staff of any policymaker. But the science discussion isn't very deep; in fact it is surprisingly thin given the length of the book. A tough editor could have turned this into a “very short guide” to climate change. As a scientist working in another area, I was often frustrated not to have a deeper discussion of the techniques and models that climate scientists use, and the outstanding challenges that they face.

March 1, 2008