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What We Know About Climate Change
by Kerry Emanuel, MIT Press
Although it is impossible to predict exactly when the most dramatic effects of global warming will be felt, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel argues that we can be confident that the planet faces real dangers. Emanuel, whose work was widely cited in media coverage of Hurricane Katrina, warns that global warming will contribute to an increase in the intensity and power of hurricanes and flooding and more rapidly advancing deserts.
Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises
by National Research Council
A thorough and readable look at the evidence for quick climate changes, theories about what is behind them, global warming as a possible trigger for such changes in the future, and the potential economic and ecological impacts of sudden climate change, provided by a committee of research scientists.
The Change in the Weather: People, Weather, and the Science of Climate
by William K. Stevens
Stevens, a science writer for the New York Times, thoroughly covers the science of climate and the politics of the debate about what could be done to counter human activities that affect the climate.