Science of Climate Change
Our science titles represent the highest levels of scholarly achievement across the discipline and are accessible to a wide range of readers, from the interested individual through to graduates and professionals.
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By Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Beyond Smoke and Mirrors Burton Richter This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. $23.99 (G) (was $29.99) |
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New! Bert Metz This book offers an unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions. $55.00 (G) |
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Now in its Second Edition! The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change Andrew Dessler, Edward A. Parson Aimed at the educated non-specialist, and at courses in environmental policy or climate change, the book clearly lays out the scientific foundations of climate change, the issues in current policy debates, and the interactions between science and politics that make the climate change debate so $45.00 (X) |
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New! Peter Musgrove An important, topical account of wind power technology, this book offers a clear overview of its historical and present capabilities, assessing future options for large scale deployment of this clean, competitive and abundant energy source towards global energy needs. $27.99 (Z) (was $34.99) |
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Watch the White House's Release of this Landmark Report Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States Tom Karl, Jerry Melillo, Thomas Peterson, and Susan Joy Hassol This book is the most comprehensive report to date on the wide range of impacts of climate change in the United States. It is written in plain language to better inform members of the public and policymakers. $40.00 (Z) (was $50.00) |
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New! The Climate Crisis David Archer This book provides a concise and accessible overview of what we know about ongoing climate change and its impacts, and what we can do to confront the climate crisis. $23.99 (G) (was $29.99) |
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Global Warming John Houghton Houghton's market-leading book, now in full color and with the latest IPCC findings, is the definitive guide to climate change. $59.00 (X) |
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New! The Climate Connection Renée Hetherington, Robert G. B. Reid Highlighting the influence of saltatory evolution and rapid climate change on human evolution, migration and behavioral change, this in-depth text links 135,000 years of climate change with human evolution and discusses the implications for our future. $35.20 (Z) (was $44.00) |
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By the Nobel Prize-Winning IPCC Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC This latest summary from the IPCC forms the standard scientific reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences. $72.00 (Z) (was $90.00) |
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By the Nobel Prize-Winning IPCC Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC This IPCC Working Group II volume brings us completely up-to-date on the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change. $72.00 (Z) (was $90.00) |
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By the Nobel Prize-Winning IPCC Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation of Climate Change Working Group III contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC This IPCC Working Group III volume is a state-of-the-art assessment of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and social aspects of the mitigation of climate change. $68.00 (Z) (was $85.00) |
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Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change This IPCC Special Report describes sources, capture, transport, and storage of CO2. It examines the costs, economic potential, and societal issues of the technology, including public perception and regulatory aspects. $66.40 (Z) (was $83.00) |
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Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System Edited by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change When the Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in 1997, countries had new incentives to take account of how choices among substitutes could affect the objectives of both Protocols. This report provides the scientific context required for consideration of these choices. $66.40 (Z) (was $83.00) |
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Climate Change William James Burroughs This thoroughly updated new edition provides a concise presentation of current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society as a whole. $58.00 (X) |
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New! Geo-Engineering Climate Change Edited by Brian Launder, J. Michael T. Thompson This book is the first to present a detailed and critical appraisal of the geo-scale engineering interventions that have been proposed as potential measures to counter the devastation of run-away global warming. $100.00 (C) (was $125.00) |
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Watch a performance of a song inspired by the book! Challenged by Carbon Bryan Lovell Is there a low-carbon future for the oil industry? As a geologist, oil man, academic and erstwhile politician, Bryan Lovell describes how, given the right lead from government, the oil industry could be environmental saviors, not villains, playing a crucial role in stabilizing emissions through the capture and underground storage of carbon dioxide. $23.99 (G) (was $29.99) |
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Facing Climate Change Together Edited by Catherine Gautier and Jean-Louis Fellous This volume brings together scientists from the US and Europe to review the state-of-the-art in climate change science. It draws from the most recent assessment reports of the IPCC, but scientific jargon has been minimized for readers from different backgrounds. $57.60 (Z) (was $72.00) |
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Oil, Water, and Climate Catherine Gautier This book examines the powerful interconnections that link energy, water, climate and population, exploring viable options in addressing these issues collectively. $44.99 (X) |
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Watch an interview with the author! Edited by W. Neil Adger Adapting to climate change is a critical problem facing humanity. This involves reconsidering our lifestyles, and is linked to our actions as individuals, societies and governments. $100.00 (C) (was $125.00) |
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Ecological Climatology Gordon B. Bonan This book introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. It reviews basic meteorological, hydrological and ecological concepts to examine the physical, chemical and biological processes by which terrestrial ecosystems affect and are affected by climate. $80.00 (X) |
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Human Impacts on Weather and Climate William R. Cotton, Roger A. Pielke, Sr. This new edition of Human Impacts on Weather and Climate examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. $55.00 (X) |
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New! Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling Edited by Tim Palmer, Paul Williams The book shows how stochastic methods can lead to improvements in climate simulation and prediction, compared with more conventional bulk-formula parameterization procedures. $120.00 (C) (was $150.00) |
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New! Measuring Global Temperatures Ian Strangeways Written in accessible language with little mathematics, this book explains how global temperatures are measured, how the data is analyzed, what the potential errors are, and what needs to be done to improve temperature measurement in the future. $92.00 (R) (was $115.00) |
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New! The El Niño-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon Edward S. Sarachik, Mark A. Cane Advances in our understanding of ENSO, in which Edward Sarachik and Mark Cane have been key participants, have led to marked improvements in our ability to predict its development months or seasons, allowing adaptation to global impacts. This book provides an introduction to all aspects of this most important mode of global climate variability. $55.20 (Z) (was $69.00) |
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Human-Induced Climate Change Edited by Michael E. Schlesinger, Haroon S. Kheshgi, Joel Smith, Francisco C. de la Chesnaye, John M. Reilly, Tom Wilson Bringing together many of the world's leading experts, this volume is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of climate change science, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, and policy. $86.40 (C) (was $108.00) |
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New! Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish Edited by Dave Checkley, Jürgen Alheit, Yoshioki Oozeki, Claude Roy This book details the effects of climate variability on small pelagic fish and their ecosystems and fisheries. $124.00 (C) (was $155.00) |
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New! Too Smart for Our Own Good Craig Dilworth We are destroying our natural environment at a constantly increasing pace, and in so doing undermining the preconditions of our own existence. Why is this so? This book reveals that our ecologically disruptive behavior is in fact rooted in our very nature as a species. This book explains the ecological predicament of humankind by placing it in the context of the first scientific theory of our species’ development, taking over where Darwin left off. $23.99 (G) (was $29.99) |
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Snow and Climate Edited by Richard L. Armstrong, Eric Brun 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. $92.00 (C) (was $115.00) |
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Mountain Weather and Climate Roger G. Barry A completely revised edition including results from recent field programs, many new figures and new material on mountains from across the world. It remains the only all-encompassing textbook on mountain weather and climate and is ideal for graduates and researchers in meteorology, climatology, ecology, forestry, glaciology and hydrology. $72.00 (X) |
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Voted a 'Must-read for Copenhagen' by Nature magazine Why We Disagree About Climate Change Mike Hulme Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as an international climate change scientist and public commentator, Mike Hulme provides a unique insider’s account of the emergence of this phenomenon and the diverse ways in which it is understood. $64.00 (C) (was $80.00) |
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Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Wolfgang Cramer, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Tom Wigley, Gary Yohe 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. $130.40 (C) (was $163.00) |
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New! Global Sustainability Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Mario Molina, Nicholas Stern, Veronika Huber, Susanne Kadner Arising from the 1st Interdisciplinary Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Potsdam, this book brings together Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics and Peace – top-level representatives from politics and NGOs, and renowned experts on sustainability -- in an unparalleled attempt to address humankind's transformation to global sustainability. $56.00 (Z) (was $70.00) |
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Our Changing Planet Edited by Michael D. King, Edited by Michael D. King, Kim C. Partington, Robin G. Williams Led by four editors with support from a production team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, many of the world's top remote sensing scientists showcase some spectacular and beautiful satellite imagery along with informed essays on the science behind these images and the implications of what is shown. This is a stunningly attractive and informative book. $37.60 (A) (was $47.00) |
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Climate Change Jonathan Cowie This fascinating introduction to climate change provides a review of past, present and likely future climate change. It will be of interest to life sciences, atmospheric science, geography, and environmental science students, and those involved in environmental monitoring, conservation and policy-making. $55.00 (X) |
