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Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change

by: Frances Drake

This topical textbook provides a bridge between technical and popular texts on global warming within the broader context of climate change. Written at an introductory level, it explains the interacting components of this system: what the greenhouse effect is; and how scientists seek to predict...

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Great British Weather Disasters

by: Philip Eden

Weather correspondent Philip Eden has written a fascinating book on a vast subject: the weather, or more specifically, weather disasters. Balancing just the right amount of science with illustrations and practical language, this book asks and answers some difficult questions that must be...

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The Last Generation: How Nature Will Take Her Revenge for Climate Change

by: Fred Pearce

Nature is fragile, environmentalists tell us. Not so. The truth is far more worrying. She is strong and packs a serious counter-punch. And, it could be on the way. This is the story that scientists are scared to tell us, because they fear they won't be believed. Man-made global warming is on the...

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How to Live a Low-carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change

by: Chris Goodall

"How to Live a Low Carbon Life" provides a comprehensive, one-stop reference guide to calculating individual carbon emissions and it lays out clear plans for how individuals can reduce their emissions. Covering all aspects of modern life from transport to home heating to where our food comes from...

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Global Warming

by: Mark Maslin

Global Warming is one of the most controversial scientific issues of the twenty-first century. This is a problem that has serious economic, sociological, geopolitical, political, and personal implications. This "Very Short Introduction" is an informative, up-to-date, and readable book about the...

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

by: Andrew E. Dessler

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. The authors explain how scientific and policy debates work, summarize...

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An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming

by: Nigel Lawson

In this well-informed and hard-hitting response to the scaremongering of the climate alarmists, Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Energy, argues that it is time for us to take a cool look at global warming. Lawson carefully and succinctly examines all...

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Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change

by: Paul Brown

Global Warning is an authoritative and visually stunning book, unique in its approach. While most of the current literature on the subject is highly scientific, this book's aim is to educate the public at large. Graphics and maps, hard-hitting text, and powerful pictures show the plight the...

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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do...

by: Al Gore

The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we must recognise that we are facing a crisis. So...

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No-nonsense Guide to Climate Change

by: Dinyar Godrej

More hurricanes, glacier melt - instances of extreme weather are becoming more frequent and there is a greater awareness of the disproportionate effect climate change will have on poorer countries in the South. Each new scientific report on climate change makes increasingly alarming predictions...