A Short Introduction to Climate Change

This book provides a comprehensive, balanced and reader-friendly account of the developments in climate science over the past 250 years.

Tony Eggleton (Author)

9781107618763, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 October 2012

250 pages, 83 colour illus. 9 maps
24.5 x 17 x 1.2 cm, 0.58 kg

'It is rare for one person to encapsulate what is known about climate change in a single manuscript. But Eggleton has done just that … As a practicing scientist who lives and breathes climate change, I find tremendous value in this book … It is a must-read for anyone who is concerned about the climate … is a book that is accessible and accurate. It is hard to imagine this could have been done better.' John Abraham, Reports of the National Center for Science Education

A Short Introduction to Climate Change provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than the result of natural variability. It explains the difference between weather and climate by examining changes in temperature, rainfall, Arctic ice and ocean currents. It also considers the consequences of our use of fossil fuels and discusses some of the ways to reduce further global warming. Tony Eggleton avoids the use of scientific jargon to provide a reader-friendly explanation of the science of climate change. Concise but comprehensive and richly illustrated with a wealth of full-colour figures and photographs, A Short Introduction to Climate Change is essential reading for anyone who has an interest in climate science and in the future of our planet. For more information please see http://www.tonyeggleton.id.au/

Preface
1. The spirit of enquiry
2. Global warming
3. Weather is not climate
4. The thermostat
5. Droughts and flooding rains
6. Snow and ice
7. The ocean
8. From ice-house to greenhouse
9. The last two thousand years
10. Carbon dioxide and methane
11. Denial
12. Bet your grandchildrens' lives on it too?

Subject Areas: Sustainability [RNU], Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Climate change [RNPG]