Review
“Each of the key aspects of global climate change is covered, with up-to-date and well-referenced information throughout. Its impressive breadth and the provision of succinct overviews of source material in the further reading sections of each chapter mean that teachers, lecturers and researchers will all find this book a useful starting oint for in-depth study.”David Reay, Edinburgh University”This is a book which all scientists and the educated general public should read and reflect upon before it is too late to halt the apparently inevitable progress to Armageddon.” Chromatographia”Ensure[s] fluent reading for non-expert, yet educated, citizens. The book is logically structured and it should become a key reading and teaching source in georgaphy and environmental sciences. It can also be valuable to doctoral students and senior researchers interested in learning about climate change science and politics. Overall it is a book worth having on one’s shelf.” Envi (more…)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
excellent, brief introduction to the science and politics
In my effort to learn about climate change, I found it admittedly very difficult to read the lengthy IPCC reports (e.g.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eschew Obfuscation
I was disappointed in the writing. The book reads like a scientific treatise. The authors write, “This tangling of positive with normative claims, and of explicit arguments with…
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Case for Climate Change
The book takes a logical stance from the development of observations in science to a political conclusion and what to do about climate change. This is two books.