Science of Climate Change

Global Energy Assessment

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

GEA Writing Team

The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options.

1888 pages
680 colour illus. 389 tables
Dimensions: 279 x 215 mm

Not yet published - available from October 2012

978-0-521-18293-5   Paperback  c. £75.00

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Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Edited by Christopher B. Field, Vicente Barros, Thomas F. Stocker, Qin Dahe
Edited by: Vicente Barros, Co-Chair IPCC Working Group II, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Edited by: Thomas F. Stocker, Co-Chair IPCC Working Group I, University of Bern
Edited by: Qin Dahe, Co-Chair IPCC Working Group I, China Meteorological Administration

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SREX) explores the challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate change adaptation.

592 pages
40 colour illus. 20 tables
Dimensions: 276 x 219 mm
Weight: 1.66kg

978-1-107-60780-4   Paperback  c. £55.00

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Understanding the Earth System

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Edited by: Sarah E. Cornell, Stockholm Resilience Centre
Edited by: I. Colin Prentice, Macquarie University, Sydney
Edited by: Joanna I. House, University of Bristol
Edited by: Catherine J. Downy, European Space Agency

Explaining the what, the how and the why of climate science, this multidisciplinary new book provides a review of research from the last decade, illustrated with cutting-edge data and observations. A key focus is the development of analysis tools that can be used to demonstrate options for mitigating and adapting to increasing climate risks.

294 pages
30 b/w illus. 80 colour illus. 11 tables
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Weight: 0.79kg

978-1-107-00936-3   Paperback  c. £50.00

The City and the Coming Climate Climate Change in the Places We Live

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Brian Stone, Jr
Georgia Institute of Technology

This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to slow the pace of warming.

198 pages
30 b/w illus. 5 colour illus.
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.49kg

978-1-107-60258-8   Paperback  c. £19.99

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Living in a Dangerous Climate Climate Change and Human Evolution

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Renée Hetherington
RIT Minerals Corp., Canada

Living in a Dangerous Climate provides a journey through human and Earth history, showing how a changing climate has affected human evolution and society.

272 pages
14 b/w illus. 3 tables
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.55kg

978-1-107-69473-6

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Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Edited by: Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Edited by: Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Centro de Investigaciones de la Economía Mundial (CIEM)
Edited by: Youba Sokona, The Sahara and Sahel Observatory
Edited by: Kristin Seyboth, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Edited by: Susanne Kadner, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Edited by: Timm Zwickel, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Edited by: Patrick Eickemeier, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Edited by: Gerrit Hansen, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Edited by: Steffen Schlömer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Edited by: Christoph von Stechow, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

500 colour illus. Dimensions: 276 x 219 mm

978-1-107-60710-1   Paperback  c. £55.00

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Winged Sentinels

Birds and Climate Change
Janice Wormworth
Cagan H. Sekercioglu, University of Utah

'The ability of the birds to show us the consequences of our own actions is among their most important and least appreciated attributes. Despite the free advice of the birds, we do not pay attention', said Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947.

296 pages
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.44kg

978-0-521-12682-3    Paperback    £24.99

Sources, Sinks and Sustainability

Edited by: Jianguo Liu, Michigan State University
Edited by: Vanessa Hull, Michigan State University
Edited by: Anita T. Morzillo, Oregon State University
Edited by: John A. Wiens, PRBO Conservation Science

Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this book presents the latest advances in source-sink theories, methods and applications in the conservation and management of natural resources and biodiversity

544 pages
87 b/w illus.
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 1.05kg

978-0-521-14596-1    Paperback    £40.00

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Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Andrew Dessler,
Texas A & M University

This textbook is tightly focused on the problem of anthropogenic climate change. It is unique among textbooks on climate change in that it combines an introduction of the science with an introduction to the non-science issues such as the economic and policy options.

67 b/w illus. 11 colour illus. 6 maps 5 tables 120 exercises Dimensions: 253 x 177 mm

978-0-521-17315-5   Paperback   £29.99

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Environmental Literacy in Science and Society

From Knowledge to Decisions
Roland W. Scholz, ETH Zurich

In an era where humans affect virtually all of the earth's processes, questions arise about whether we have sufficient knowledge of human-environment interactions.

656 pages
216 b/w illus. 31 tables
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Weight: 1.3kg

978-0-521-18333-8    Paperback    £45.00

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Climate Change in the Polar Regions

John Turner, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
Gareth J. Marshall, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

The polar regions have experienced some remarkable environmental changes in recent decades, such as the Antarctic ozone hole, the loss of large amounts of sea ice from the Arctic Ocean and major warming on the Antarctic Peninsula.

448 pages
188 b/w illus. 9 tables
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 1.01kg

978-0-521-85010-0    Hardback    £70.00

Engineering Strategies for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Ian S. F. Jones, University of Sydney

Controlling the level of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is a rapidly growing area of commercial activity. While debate continues both about the impact of greenhouse gas on climate and the role humans play in influencing its concentration, engineers are faced with less controversial questions of how to manage this uncertainty and how to control greenhouse gases at a minimum cost to society.

184 pages
42 b/w illus. 16 tables 18 exercises
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 0.38kg

978-0-521-73159-1    Paperback    £24.99

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Climate Change and Cities

First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network

Edited by: Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Edited by: William D. Solecki, Hunter College, City University of New York
Edited by: Stephen A. Hammer, Columbia University, New York
Edited by: Shagun Mehrotra, Columbia University, New York

Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent.

34 b/w illus. 60 colour illus. 15 tables
Dimensions: 276 x 219 mm

978-0-511-98837-0   Paperback  c. £30.00

Climate Change, Ecology and Systematics

Edited by: Trevor R. Hodkinson, Trinity College, Dublin
Edited by: Michael B. Jones, Trinity College, Dublin
Edited by: Stephen Waldren, Trinity College, Dublin
Edited by: John A. N. Parnell, Trinity College, Dublin

Climate change has shaped life in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Understanding the interactions between climate and biodiversity is a complex challenge to science. With contributions from 60 key researchers, this book examines the ongoing impact of climate change on the ecology and diversity of life on earth.

544 pages
90 b/w illus. 13 tables
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Weight: 1.3kg

978-0-521-76609-8    Hardback    £75.00

The European Nitrogen Assessment

Sources, Effects and Policy Perspectives

Edited by: Mark A. Sutton, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Edited by: Clare M. Howard, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Edited by: Jan Willem Erisman, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Edited by: Gilles Billen, CNRS and University of Paris VI
Edited by: Albert Bleeker, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Edited by: Peringe Grennfelt, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL)
Edited by: Hans van Grinsven, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Edited by: Bruna Grizzetti, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Presenting the first continental-scale assessment of reactive nitrogen in the environment, this book sets the related environmental problems in context by providing a multidisciplinary introduction to the nitrogen cycle processes. Issues of upscaling from farm plot and city to national and continental scales are addressed in detail with emphasis on opportunities for better management at local to global levels.

664 pages
51 b/w illus. 160 colour illus. 50 tables
Dimensions: 276 x 219 mm
Weight: 2.3kg

978-1-107-00612-6    Hardback    £80.00

Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions

Katherine Richardson, University of Copenhagen
Will Steffen, Australian National University, Canberra
Diana Liverman, University of Arizona

Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technologies, economic instruments and political strategies that can be employed in response to climate change.

524 pages
136 b/w illus. 27 colour illus. 9 tables
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 1.2kg

978-0-521-19836-3   Paperback  £60.00

The Ethics of Global Climate Change

Edited by: Denis G. Arnold, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Global climate change is one of the most daunting ethical and political challenges confronting humanity in the twenty-first century.

354 pages
15 b/w illus. 3 tables
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.69kg

978-1-107-00069-8    Hardback   £55.00

Climate Policy Foundations

Science and Economics with Lessons from Monetary Regulation
William C. Whitesell

This book provides a thorough grounding in the science and economics of climate policy issues and draws key lessons from the longer experiences of central banks in grappling with related challenges. Findings and controversies of climate history and the effects of human activities on climate are reviewed.

254 pages
5 b/w illus. 2 tables
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.47kg

978-1-107-00228-9    Hardback    £50.00

Climate Change and Climate Modeling

J. David Neelin, University of California, Los Angeles

Provides students with a solid foundation in climate science, with which to understand global warming, natural climate variations, and climate models. As climate models are one of our primary tools for predicting and adapting to climate change, it is vital we appreciate their strengths and limitations.

304 pages
137 b/w illus. 8 tables
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Weight: 0.65kg

978-0-521-60243-3    Paperback    £29.95

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Sustainability

A Biological Perspective
Stephen Morse, University of Reading

Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live.

274 pages
89 b/w illus. 23 tables
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.45kg

978-0-521-54300-2    Paperback    £23.99

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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors

Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century

Burton Richter
Stanford University, California

Nobel Prize-winning scientist’s assessment of options for switching to sustainable energy provision to avert potentially disastrous consequences of climate change.

2010   228 x 152 mm      256pp   38 b/w illus.   22 tables

978-0-521-74781-3   Paperback   c. £ 19.99

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Climate Capitalism

Global Warming and the Transformation of the Global Economy
Peter Newell, University of East Anglia
Matthew Paterson, University of Ottawa

Confronting climate change is now understood as a problem of 'decarbonising' the global economy: ending our dependence on carbon-based fossil fuels.

222 pages
4 b/w illus. 3 tables
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.36kg

978-0-521-12728-8    Paperback    £17.99

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Toxic Loopholes

Failures and Future Prospects for Environmental Law
Craig Collins, California State University, East Bay

The EPA was established to enforce the environmental laws Congress enacted during the 1970s. Yet today lethal toxins still permeate our environment, causing widespread illness and even death.

288 pages
2 b/w illus.
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 0.46kg

978-0-521-14302-8    Paperback    £19.99

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An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics (2nd ed)

David G. Andrews
University of Oxford

Uses a variety of basic physical principles, together with standard mathematical tools familiar to physics students, to build up an understanding of the most important atmospheric phenomena.

Places an emphasis on the underlying physics, while atmospheric applications are developed mainly in the problems at the end of chapters, which help students test their understanding of the material.

2010 246 x 189mm 248pp

978-0-521-69318-9   Paperback    £29.99   

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Climate Change Policy in the European Union

Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?

Edited by: Andrew Jordan, University of East Anglia
Edited by: Dave Huitema, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Edited by: Harro van Asselt, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Edited by: Tim Rayner, University of East Anglia
Edited by: Frans Berkhout, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a leading governing body in the international struggle to govern climate change.

306pages
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 0.75kg

978-0-521-19612-3    Hardback    £29.95

Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development Cooperation

Theory, Practice and Implications for the European Union
Nicolien van der Grijp, VU University, Amsterdam Edited by: Joyeeta Gupta, VU University, Amsterdam

Climate change, development and development cooperation are, individually and jointly, three politically sensitive, complex issues, especially in the context of relations between developed and developing countries.

368 pages
22 b/w illus. 75 tables
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 0.86kg

978-0-521-19761-8    Hardback    £60.00

Understanding Environmental Pollution

3rd Edition
Marquita K. Hill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

The third edition of this well-received textbook delivers a concise overview of global and individual environmental pollution for undergraduate courses, presenting students with the tools to assess environmental issues.

602 pages
105 b/w illus. 55 tables 30 exercises
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Weight: 1.29kg

978-0-521-73669-5    Paperback    £35.00

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The Climate Connection

Climate Change and Modern Human Evolution

Renée Hetherington
RIT Minerals Corp., Canada

Robert G. B. Reid
University of Victoria, British Columbia

Here, the authors describe the links between climate change and human evolution, migration and behavioural change and the implications of climate change for our future, for those working and interested in the field and those embarking on upper-level courses on this topic.

2010   247 x 174 mm      480pp   25 b/w illus.   16 colour illus.   5 tables

978-0-521-14723-1   Paperback   c. £24.99

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Global Sustainability

A Nobel Cause

Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Mario Molina
University of California, San Diego

Nicholas Stern
London School of Economics

Veronika Huber
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

AND Susanne Kadner
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

The impacts of climate change are already being observed in a variety of sectors and there is greater clarity that these changes are being caused by human activities, mainly through release of greenhouse gases. In 2005 the UK Government hosted the Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change conference to take an in-depth look at the scientific issues associated with climate change. This volume presents the most recent findings from the leading international scientists that attended the conference.

2009   276 x 219 mm   350pp   60 b/w illus.   10 tables

9978-0-521-76934-1   Hardback   c. £40.00

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon

Edward S. Sarachik
University of Washington

and Mark A. Cane
Columbia University, New York

An introduction to understanding the ENSO phenomenon, given in an observational and theoretical context, and exploring its predictability and impacts.

2010   247 x 174 mm   384pp   175 b/w illus.

978-0-521-84786-5   Hardback   c. £ 40.00

The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change (2nd ed)

Andrew Dessler
Texas A & M University

Edward A. Parson
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Second edition of the highly acclaimed textbook, updated to reflect the rapid movement of events related to climate change.

‘Excellent overview of an increasingly critical issue.’ Future Survey

2010 247 x 174mm 230pp

978-0-521-73740-1   Paperback    £29.99   

Controlling Climate Change

Bert Metz
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Presents a cutting edge overview of tackling and adapting to climate change, written by a lead member of the IPCC.

2009   246 x 189 mm      352pp   167 b/w illus.   8 colour illus.   44 tables

978-0-521-74784-4   Paperback   c. £ 29.99

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Geo-Engineering Climate Change

Environmental Necessity or Pandora's Box?

Edited by Brian Launder
University of Manchester

J. Michael T. Thompson
University of Cambridge

The first critical appraisal of the geo-scale engineering interventions proposed to counter the devastation of run-away global warming.

2009   247 x 174 mm      352pp   60 b/w illus.   30 tables

978-0-521-19803-5   Hardback   c. £70.00

Making Climate Change Work for Us

European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies

Henry Neufeldt, University of East Anglia
Edited by: Mike Hulme, University of East Anglia

Introducing the main challenges and opportunities of developing local, regional and global strategies for addressing climate change, this book explains the dilemmas faced when converting strategies into policies.

446 pages
85 b/w illus. 12 colour illus.
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 1.05kg

978-0-521-11941-2    Hardback    £60.00

Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling

Edited by Timothy N. Palmer
University of Oxford and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK

and Paul Williams
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds

With contributions by Jochem I. Jongma

The first book to promote the use of stochastic, or random, processes to understand, model and predict our climate system.

2009   247 x 174 mm   480pp   53 b/w illus.   2 tables

978-0-521-76105-5   Hardback   c. £ 85.00

The Climate Crisis

An Introductory Guide to Climate Change

David Archer
University of Chicago and Stefan Rahmstorf
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

A concise and clear overview of the essential scientific information on climate change for students and the general reader.

2009   246 x 189 mm   272pp   6 tables

978-0-521-73255-0   Paperback   272pp   c. £ 19.99

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Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

Edited by Tom Karl
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Asheville, North Carolina

Jerry Melillo
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole

Thomas Peterson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Asheville, North Carolin

and Susan Joy Hassol
Climate Communication, Basalt, Colorado

Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.

2009   279 x 215 mm      200pp   135 b/w illus.

978-0-521-14407-0   Paperback   £ 30.00

Measuring Global Temperatures

Analysis and Interpretation
Ian Strangeways, Teradata Inc., Oxford

Temperature is probably the most influential of all climatic variables. Our only direct, quantitative knowledge of global temperatures comes from instruments operated over the last 150 or so years. Yet as crucial and as central as these data are to our understanding of the climate, they are largely taken for granted, even by many of those using them.

252pages
76 b/w illus. 2 tables
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 0.65kg

978-0-521-89848-5    Hardback    £29.95

Too Smart for Our Own Good

The Ecological Predicament of Humankind

Craig Dilworth
Uppsala University, Sweden

A groundbreaking work explaining our ecological predicament in the context of the first scientific theory of humankind’s development.

"Dilworth’s book is very interesting, well written, and based on an incredible amount of research. It provides a thoroughly novel view of extremely important issues, one which will add considerably to the discussion concerning limits to growth." Dennis Meadows, co-author of Limits to Growth

"[Dilworth’s] economics discussions are on target. I congratulate him on his very comprehensive undertaking." Herman Daly, author of Steady-State Economics

2009   247 x 174 mm   556pp   60 b/w illus.   2 tables

978-0-521-75769-0   Paperback   c. £ 19.99

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Challenged by Carbon

The Oil Industry and Climate Change

Bryan Lovell
University of Cambridge

A unique new geological perspective on the oil industry’s impact on climate change and its potential role in stabilizing carbon emissions

"The author’s enthusiasm leaps out of every page and the result is a very readable, jargon-free and informative book on climate change. As a geologist he sets the present in the context of past changes. Anecdotes, personal reminiscences and clear science will captivate and inform the general reader and may well offer new insights to the specialist. A really good read." Lord Oxburgh, House of Lords Science and Technology Committee

2009   228 x 152 mm      208pp   66 b/w illus.   8 tables

978-0-521-14559-6   Paperback   c. £ 19.99

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Integrated Regional Assessment of Global Climate Change

Edited by: C. Gregory Knight, Pennsylvania State University
Edited by: Jill Jäger, Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Vienna

Integrated Regional Assessment (IRA) promotes a better understanding of how regions contribute to global environmental change.

426pages
17 tables
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 0.99kg

978-0-521-51810-9    Hardback    £75.00

Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet

The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project

Edited by: Brent Yarnal, Pennsylvania State University
Edited by: Colin Polsky, Clark University, Massachusetts
Edited by: James O'Brien, Kingston University, London

Scientists and policymakers have realised that localities are central to addressing the causes and consequences of global environmental change.

348 pages
1 b/w illus. 18 tables
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 0.84kg

978-0-521-89569-9    Hardback    £75.00

Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish

Edited by Dave Checkley
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Jürgen Alheit
Baltic Sea Research Institute, University of Rostock, Germany

Yoshioki Oozeki
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan

AND Claude Roy
Centre IRD de Bretagne, France

This book discusses how climate variability affects small pelagic fish, their ecosystems and fisheries. It describes the causes of their fluctuating stock, highlights similar fluctuations over the past two millennia, and assesses the ecological and economic consequences. It also considers the effects of future climate change on stocks and fisheries.

2009   276 x 219 mm;   392pp   64 b/w illus.   29 tables

978-0-521-88482-2   Hardback   £ 85.00

Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change

Edited by: Olav Slaymaker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Edited by: Thomas Spencer, University of Cambridge
Edited by: Christine Embleton-Hamann, Universität Wien, Austria

How will global environmental change affect the landscape and our interaction with it? Apart from climate change, there are other important catalysts of landscape change, including relief, hydroclimate and runoff, sea level variations and human activity.

450 pages
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Weight: 1.15kg

978-0-521-87812-8    Hardback    £48.00

Adapting to Climate Change

Thresholds, Values, Governance

Edited by W. Neil Adger
University of East Anglia

Irene Lorenzoni
University of East Anglia

and Karen L. O'Brien
Universitetet i Oslo

"This book is a major contribution to a subject that has hitherto been far too little studied and commented on. 'Adaptation' to climate change sounds a simple idea, but turns out to be a complex and problematic one. Everyone involved in the debate about how to cope with global warming will profit by studying the diverse contributions this volume contains." Professor Lord Tony Giddens, London School of Economics and Political Science, author of The Politics of Climate Change

2009   247 x 174 mm      530pp   38 b/w illus.   28 tables

978-0-521-76485-8   Hardback   £ 80.00

Environmental Biology

Edited by: Mike Calver, Murdoch University, Western Australia
Edited by: Alan Lymbery, Murdoch University, Western Australia
Edited by: Jennifer McComb, Murdoch University, Western Australia
Edited by: Mike Bamford

Environmental Biology offers a fresh, problem-solving treatment of the topic for students requiring a biology background before further study in environmental science, sustainable development or environmental engineering.

688pages
Dimensions: 255 x 190 mm
Weight: 1.54kg

978-0-521-67982-4    Paperback    £19.20

Global Warming

The Complete Briefing
Fourth edition

John Houghton
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Houghton’s market-leading textbook, now in full colour and with the latest IPCC findings, is the definitive guide to climate change.

"the definitive scientific book on global warming by one of the few authors who is actually in a position to give a 'complete briefing." David Lorimer, Director, Scientific and Medical Network

2009   246 x 189 mm   456pp   60 b/w illus.   332 colour illus.   19 tables

978-0-521-70916-3   Paperback   £ 24.99

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Sustainable Development in Practice

Sustainomics Methodology and Applications
Mohan Munasinghe, Munasinghe Institute for Development, Sri Lanka

This book provides a rigorous and practical analysis of sustainable development prospects today by applying the innovative sustainomics framework.

652 pages
15 b/w illus.
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 1.27kg

978-0-521-71972-8    Paperback    £16.80

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The Garnaut Climate Change Review

Ross Garnaut, Australian National University, Canberra

Professor Ross Garnaut was commissioned by all of the Governments of Australia's Federation to examine the impacts of climate change on Australia and to recommend policy frameworks to improve the prospects of sustainable prosperity. The Garnaut Climate Change Review is one of the most important reports to be published in Australia for many years. It examines the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy, the costs of adaptation and mitigation, and the international context in which climate change is experienced and negotiated.

680 pages
Dimensions: 247 x 174 mm
Weight: 1.78kg

978-0-521-74444-7    Paperback

Ecological Climatology

Concepts and Applications
Second edition

Gordon B. Bonan
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

"... successfully integrates fundamental concepts in climatology and ecology ... I highly recommend the text for climatologists and meteorologists interested in better understanding the role of vegetation in the climate system, or ecologists and plant physiologists interested in better understanding the role of the climate system in vegetated ecosystems." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

2008   246 x 189 mm   568pp   24 colour illus.   84 tables

978-0-521-70916-3   Paperback   £ 24.99

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Facing Climate Change Together

Edited by Catherine Gautier
University of California, Santa Barbara

and Jean-Louis Fellous
European Space Agency

This volume presents the state-of-the-art in climate change science, drawing from the most recent assessment reports of the IPCC. The book is written for scientists and students who are not necessarily experts in climatology but are seeking a broad, coherent review of climate change issues

2008   247 x 174 mm      280pp   44 b/w illus.   8 colour illus.

978-0-521-89682-5   Hardback   £ 40.00

Mountain Weather and Climate

Third edition

Roger G. Barry
University of Colorado, Boulder

A key reference for graduates and researchers in mountain meteorology, climatology and related disciplines.

2008   246 x 189 mm   512pp   179 b/w illus.

978-0-521-68158-2   Paperback   £ 40.00

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Oil, Water, and Climate

An Introduction

Catherine Gautier
University of California, Santa Barbara

"'Catherine Gautier deserves congratulations for creating a textbook that not only deals with these three topics, but most important, also draws them together and shows how they are connected. … Gautier's perspective is global and as such, the book will broaden students' perspectives. … Oil, Water and Climate does a great job of making these important topics accessible to undergraduate students. It brings together many important ideas in Earth science, technology and global policy." EOS

2008   253 x 177 mm   392pp

978-0-521-70919-4   Paperback   £ 24.99

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Snow and Climate

Physical Processes, Surface Energy Exchange and Modeling

Edited by Richard L. Armstrong
University of Colorado, Boulder

and Eric Brun
Météo-France, CNRS

In the last two decades, many new techniques for studying snow-climate relationships have changed the way we look at snow cover. This book gives up-to-date information on the current state of snow-climate science and provides an excellent synthesis for researchers and advanced students.

"... very readable … a very good overview of what every serious climate scientist, both modeller or experimentalist, should know about snow and its interaction with the atmosphere." Antarctic Science

2008   247 x 174 mm   256pp   58 b/w illus.   8 colour illus.

978-0-521-85454-2   Hardback   £ 65.00

Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Working Group II Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability for researchers, students, policymakers.

"This volume makes another significant step forward in the understanding of the likely impacts of climate change on a global scale." International Journal of Climatology

2008   279 x 215 mm      986pp   300 colour illus.   50 tables

978-0-521-70597-4   Paperback   £ 45.00

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Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation of Climate Change

Working Group III Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

This IPCC Fourth Assessment Report brings us completely up-to-date on the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and social aspects of the mitigation of climate change. The world's leading experts provide a comprehensive and balanced assessment for researchers, students, and policymakers, and a standard reference work for policy decisions worldwide.

"The detail is truly amazing … invaluable works of reference … no reference or science library should be without a set [of the IPCC volumes] ... unreservedly recommended to all readers.". Journal of Meteorology

2008   279 x 215 mm      862pp   300 colour illus.   50 tables

978-0-521-70598-1   Paperback   £ 45.00

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Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis

Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

"The IPCC has conducted what is arguably the largest, most comprehensive and transparent study ever undertaken by mankind … The result is a work of substance and authority, which only the foolish would deride." Wind Engineering

2007   276 x 219 mm      1009pp

978-0-521-70596-7   Paperback   £ 48.00

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Human-Induced Climate Change

An Interdisciplinary Assessment

Edited by Michael E. Schlesinger
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Haroon S. Kheshgi
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Joel Smith
Stratus Consulting Ltd, Boulder

Francisco C. de la Chesnaye
US Environmental Protection Agency

John M. Reilly
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tom Wilson
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto

"It allows ideas to be tried and new thoughts floated as we start to tackle the issue of global warming. A useful reference for the university library." Ecological and Environmental Education

2007   276 x 219 mm   451pp   172 b/w illus.   16 colour illus.

978-0-521-86603-3   Hardback   £ 60.00

Our Changing Planet

The View from Space

Edited by Michael D. King
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Claire L. Parkinson
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Kim C. Partington
Polar Imaging Ltd, Hampshire

and Robin G. Williams
La Jolla, California

Led by 4 editors with support from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the world's top remote sensing scientists showcase spectacular satellite imagery alongside the science behind the observed changes. This is a stunning and informative book for anyone interested in environmental issues and the beauty of our home planet.

"... an awe-inspiring collection of images of the Earth from space. This wonderful volume provides a masterful association of imagery and explanation. You will have difficulty closing it once opened. I give it my highest recommendation." Sir Ranulph Fiennes

"Our understanding of the world radically changed when we first saw it from space. It became at once precious yet vulnerable, romantic yet realistic … As tiny ephemeral creatures on the surface, we can also see the alarming effects our activities are having, whether on the land, in the seas or in the atmosphere … an excellent guide to greater understanding of the fundamental issues of our time." Sir Crispin Tickell

2007   400pp   588 colour illus.

978-0-521-82870-3   Hardback   £ 27.99

Climate Change

A Multidisciplinary Approach
Second edition

William James Burroughs

"... a recommended read for the informed layman and student seeking a wider background in this topical but complex field." Grant Bigg, Weather

"The book is well written, contains practically no mathematics and yet manages to explain, in a clear and attractive style, the subtleties of the subject … I recommend it to everybody interested in the climate of our earth." Michael Hantel, Meteoroligsche Zeitschrift

2007   247 x 174 mm      390pp   29 exercises

978-0-521-69033-1   Paperback   £35.00

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Human Impacts on Weather and Climate

Second edition

William R. Cotton
Colorado State University

and Roger A. Pielke, Sr.
University of Colorado, Boulder

"Contents-wise this is an excellent book … It is written with great honesty and courage, attacking many of the sacred tenets of weather modification and of climatic doomsday predictions." Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

2007   247 x 174 mm   330pp   84 b/w illus.   20 colour illus.

978-0-521-60056-9   Paperback   £ 29.99

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Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC

This IPCC Report describes sources, capture, transport, and storage of CO2. It discusses the costs, economic potential, and societal issues of the technology. It provides invaluable information for researchers in environmental science, geology, engineering and the petroleum sector, policy-makers in governments and environmental organizations, and scientists and engineers in industry.

2006   276 x 216 mm   442pp   25 tables

978-0-521-68551-1   Paperback   £ 46.00

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Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change

Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wolfgang Cramer
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Nebojsa Nakicenovic
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Tom Wigley
National Center for Atmospheric Research

AND Gary Yohe
Wesleyan University, Connecticut

Foreword by Tony Blair

Introduction by Rajendra Pachauri

This volume presents the most recent findings from the leading international scientists that attended the Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change conference, held in 2005. It provides invaluable information for researchers in environmental science, climatology, and atmospheric chemistry, policy-makers in governments and environmental organizations, and scientists and engineers in industry.

2006   276 x 219 mm   406pp   110 b/w illus.   50 colour illus.   25 tables

978-0-521-86471-8   Hardback   £ 86.00

Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Edited by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

This IPCC/TEAP Special Report provides information relevant to decision-making in regard to safeguarding the ozone layer and the global climate system. It will be invaluable for researchers, policy-makers and engineers in academia, government, environmental organizations, and industry.

2006   276 x 216 mm      486pp

978-0-521-68206-0   Paperback   £ 46.00

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Climate Change

Biological and Human Aspects

Jonathan Cowie

A review of future climate change for life sciences and environmental science students, and policy-makers.

"'This book provides a useful review of past, present and likely future climate change from the viewpoints of biology, ecology and human ecology. It is a useful introduction to the subject, giving a brief overview of the basics of climate science, … The book is also a useful reference for those involved in environmental monitoring, conservation, policy-making and lobbying." Petroleum Review

2007   247 x 174 mm   504pp   69 b/w illus.

978-0-521-69619-7   Paperback   £ 27.99

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The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change

A Guide to the Debate

Andrew E. Dessler
Texas A & M University

and Edward A. Parson
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

"...requires no specialised knowledge, but is accessible to any educated general reader who wants to make more sense of the climate change debate. It also sheds light on how science is used in policy debates.". The Chemical Engineer

2006   247 x 174 mm      200pp   18 b/w illus.   4 tables

978-0-521-53941-8   Paperback   £ 22.99

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