The Climate Crisis: An Introductory Guide to Climate Change

by Stefan Rahmstorf and David Archer

Book Overview

An incredible wealth of scientific data on global warming has been collected in the last few decades. The history of the Earth's climate has been probed by drilling into polar ice sheets and sediment layers of the oceans' vast depths, and great advances have been made in computer modeling of our climate. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521732557
• ISBN13: 9780521732550
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.6"