Climate Change 2013 – The Physical Science Basis
Working Group I Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC is the standard scientific reference on climate change for students, researchers and policy makers.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Author)

9781107057999, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 March 2014

1552 pages, 609 colour illus. 189 tables
28.5 x 22.1 x 6.2 cm, 4.36 kg

Review of the Third Assessment Report – Climate Change 2001: '… the weight of evidence presented, the authority that IPCC commands and the breadth of view can hardly fail to impress and earn respect. Each of the volumes is essentially a remarkable work of reference, containing a plethora of information and copious bibliographies. There can be few natural scientists who will not want to have at least one of these volumes to hand on their bookshelves, at least until further research renders the details outdated by the time of the next survey.' The Holocene

This Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard scientific reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students and researchers in environmental science, meteorology, climatology, biology, ecology and atmospheric chemistry. It provides invaluable material for decision makers and stakeholders at international, national and local level, in government, businesses, and NGOs. This volume provides: • An authoritative and unbiased overview of the physical science basis of climate change • A more extensive assessment of changes observed throughout the climate system than ever before • New dedicated chapters on sea-level change, biogeochemical cycles, clouds and aerosols, and regional climate phenomena • Extensive coverage of model projections, both near-term and long-term climate projections • A detailed assessment of climate change observations, modelling, and attribution for every continent • A new comprehensive atlas of global and regional climate projections for 35 regions of the world

Foreword
Preface
Summary for policy makers
Technical summary
1. Introduction
2. Observations: atmosphere and surface
3. Observations: ocean
4. Observations: cryosphere
5. Information from paleoclimate archives
6. Carbon and other biogeochemical cycles
7. Clouds and aerosols
8. Anthropogenic and natural radiative forcing
9. Evaluation of climate models
10. Detection and attribution of climate change: from global to regional
11. Near-term climate change: projections and predictability
12. Long-term climate change: projections, commitments and irreversibility
13. Sea level change
14. Climate phenomena and their relevance for future regional climate change
Annex I. Atlas of global and regional climate projections
Annex II. Climate system scenario tables
Annex III. Glossary
Annex IV. Acronyms
Annex V. Contributors
Annex VI. Expert reviewers
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Applied ecology [RNC], The environment [RN], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Science: general issues [PD], Economics [KC], Politics & government [JP]