Global warming : the complete briefing /
Sir John Houghton.
- fourth edition.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- xviii, 438 pages : color illustration, color maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Global warming and climate change -- The greenhouse effect -- The greenhouse gases -- Climates of the past -- Modelling the climate -- Climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond -- The impacts of climate change -- Why should we be concerned? -- Weighing the uncertainty -- A strategy for action to slow and stabilise climate change -- Energy and transport for the future -- The global village.