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The Arctic Climate Systemby Mark C. Serreze; Roger G. Barry; Alexander J. Dessler; John T. Houghton; Michael J. Rycroft
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 48.00This comprehensive, up-to-date assessment begins by outlining early Arctic exploration and the growth of modern research. Recent climate variability and trends, and projected future states are discussed in detail. The Arctic Climate System provides an overview of the subject for researchers and advanced students in a wide range of disciplines. more...
An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamicsby Anastasios Tsonis
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 55.00Textbook for short undergraduate courses in atmospheric science, meteorology, physics or natural science programs. more...
Global Warmingby John Houghton
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 52.00Houghton's market-leading textbook, now in full colour and with the latest IPCC findings, is the definitive guide to climate change. more...
The Science and Politics of Global Climate Changeby Andrew Dessler; Edward A. Parson
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 38.00Second edition of an acclaimed book provides up-to-date, integrated overview of climate change issue - science, technology, economics, policy, and politics. more...
Comfortably Unawareby Richard A. Oppenlander
Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2011; US$ 9.99In Comfortably Unaware, Dr. Richard Oppenlander tackles the crucial issue of global depletion as it relates to food choice. Do you know the true cost of the food you eat every day? What resources were used and what was destroyed in order to get that food to your plate? What does the word sustainable really mean when applied to your food choices and how sustainable is that particular food to your own health? What you choose to eat is killing our planet, says noted lecturer and author Dr. Richard Oppenlander. In Comfortably Unaware, he reveals the truth about food choice and its impact on our world. He doesn't stop at merely identifying the problem. He describes, with clarity, its cultural and political origins and offers a viable solution.... more...
The OECDby Peter Carroll; Aynsley Kellow
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00The book reveals, for the first time, the origins, growth and complex role of the OECD as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, showing how it has adapted - for the most part successfully - to the changing needs of its members, both large and small. Peter Carroll and Aynsley Kellow provide a comprehensive account and analysis of the origins, development and, most intriguingly, the recent reforms that characterise the OECD. They argue that this increasingly complex organisation has fulfilled its design to be an adaptive, learning organisation and explore how the OECD has spread its wings beyond its European and North American roots to become an increasingly influential body in global governance. Topical chapters include the OECD's work on... more...
Synoptic and Dynamic Climatologyby Roger G. Barry; Andrew M. Carleton
Routledge 2001; US$ 125.00This book provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics. more...
Atmosphere, Weather and Climateby Roger Barry; Richard Chorley
Routledge 1998; US$ 59.95This 7th edition retains its popular tried and tested structure and remains the most comprehensive guide to the earth's weather processes, climatic conditions, and human impacts on climate change. more...
Climate, Change and Riskby Thomas Downing; A. Olsthoorn; R.S.J. Tol
Routledge 1998; US$ 248.00Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of climatic hazards and climate change, focusing on societal responses, insurance and methodologies for analysis. more...
Atmospheric Processes and Systemsby Russell D. Thompson
Routledge 1998; US$ 51.95Presents a non-technical introduction to complex themes and processes of the atmosphere which play such a dominant role in shaping our physical environment and in controlling activities and responses in the cultural environment. more...