The Rough Guide to Climate Change, 2nd Edition
The Rough Guide to Climate Change, 2nd Edition – Review
This frequently updated 2nd edition (2008) is aimed at a broad audience, but it contains a abundance of detail on the latest science. The amount of detail is probably the book’s maximum strength and perhaps it’s maximum weakness in that I doubt it’ll convince the naysayers that GW is a major concern. (They’ll argue that it’s impossible to make any valid predictions failed the various factors affected.) The author is objective for the most part but it’s clear he believes GW is a main problem- however, for balance, he probably should have presented more of the “CON” pov. GW is a very controversial issue- but one thing is clear from postings on the internet (including this site): some people are truly idiots 
Ignore all of the clamor and continuous debate about whether GW, if it occurs at all, is “natural” or “man-made” or whatever. It’s irrelevant! Someday, our planet will have another ice age- and it’ll be a “natural” event but few would argue that’s desirable. Likewise, using GW to justify anti-globalization is naive since few appreciate how much our new lifestyle (and real comfort) depends on it and oil and gasoline for that matter. The only REAL issues are whether this planet’s climate is constantly changing in a manner which will harm the individual race in the “short” term; and what is the most commercial way to deal with GW, if it is a problem. (Bjorn Lomborg has unfairly gotton a ruthless rap for his views.) It’s astounding how many people on the far right and finally left just don’t get it.