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Textbooks on Climate Change

The Cambridge University Press College Division is committed to producing textbooks that will be valuable teaching resources for you, and from which your students will gain a deeper understanding of their subject. On this site you will find details about our wide range of climatology and climate change textbooks - some already widely adopted, some brand-new, and some that will be launched in the next few months.

If you are currently teaching in any of these areas, then we are confident you will find texts that will be ideal pedagogic tools for your courses.

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Global Warming
The Complete Briefing, Fourth Edition

John Houghton

Houghton's market-leading book, now in full color and with the latest IPCC findings, is the definitive guide to climate change.

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The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change
A Guide to the Debate

Andrew Dessler, Edward A. Parson

In this accessible primer, Dessler and Parson combine their expertise in atmospheric science and public policy to help scientists, policy makers, and the public sort through the conflicting claims in the climate-change debate.

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Controlling Climate Change

Bert Metz

Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions. Bert Metz is the former co-chair of the IPCC, at the center of international climate change negotiations.

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Climate Change
A Multidisciplinary Approach, Second Edition

William James Burroughs

Providing a concise presentation of current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society as a whole, this new edition has been thoroughly updated and extended.

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Mountain Weather and Climate
Third Edition

Roger G. Barry

Results from several recent major field programs have been incorporated into this completely updated edition, including the European Alpine Experiment, studies of air drainage in the western United States and experiments on air flow over low hills.

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$72.00 (X)

 

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Ecological Climatology
Concepts and Applications, Second Edition

Gordon B. Bonan

This book 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.

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$80.00 (X)

 

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Human Impacts on Weather and Climate
Second Edition

William R. Cotton, Roger A. Pielke, Sr.

This fully revised new edition examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies.

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Oil, Water, and Climate
An Introduction

Catherine Gautier

This book examines the powerful interconnections that link energy, water, climate and population, exploring viable options in addressing these issues collectively.

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Hydroclimatology
Perspectives and Applications

Marlyn L. Shelton

This book discusses how hydroclimatology couples key information from climatology and hydrology to examine the changes caused by the climate system in the hydrologic cycle.

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$81.00 (X)

 

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The Global Climate System
Patterns, Processes, and Teleconnections

Howard A. Bridgman, John E. Oliver

This textbook considers the physical, social and economic aspects of the global climate system, through readable accounts of recent advances in climatology.

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$84.00 (X)