Product Description
Spectacular state-of-the-art imagery and the latest scientific knowledge highlight a breathtaking guide to natures most cataclysmic forcesEncyclopedic in scope and visually stunning, this is the most comprehensive work ever published on the earths climatean awesome force that, at different points in time, has wiped out 95 percent of all living creatures, plunged the world into ice ages, and played a leading role in every stage of human evolution. Climate: explains extreme weather-related events, from the destruction of coral reefs in Belize to eroding coastlines in the South Pacific presents expert predictions about what is in store for the worlds climate in the short- and long-term future demonstrates climates devastating force through 630 full-color illustrations, including digitally generated imagery, graphs, diagrams, geographical maps, and satellite photosExplaining how our modern lifestyles shift the earths climate, the authors sound a warning bell: We may be witnessing the beginnings of a mass extinction, caused not by an ice age, asteroids, or volcanoes, but by what might be an even more destructive forceourselves. And they offer steps we can take before its too late to avoid a global disaster.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)

Climate is a Good Visual Guide to Climate Science by Glenn Gallagher (Sacramento, CA)

5 Stars
August 18, 2009
Climate gets five stars because it's the best visual guide to basic climate science available. Great photographs, good artwork, and simple diagrams. Would be appropriate for middle school and high school readers, and anybody else wanting to learn more about our earth's climate. The book takes a complicated subject and simplifies it, but not too much. Lots of global warming theory and explanation, again made simple.

beautiful ! by Farseem Mohammedy (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

5 Stars
July 25, 2006
A nice, easy-to-read, breakfast table book that contains a tour-de-force of the world history juxtaposed with advances in human civilization and how all these affect the climate and in turn gets themselves affected. It shows how civilizations get wiped off by severe climate changes. Miseries, famine, drought etc affect human endeavours and this book shows in easy terms how this is done. Sometimes it exagerates climatic changes affecting human history, but, given the facts in the book, it seems wise to be watchful as we are seeing a global warming.

A Beautiful Book by Smallchief

4 Stars
May 08, 2006
"Climate," a large-format coffee table book, has hundreds of top quality photographs, graphics, and maps related to climate and climate change. In 288 pages the book offers a history of climate from the formation of the earth until the present day and a gloomy perspective of the future when rising temperatures and irregular weather will affect our daily lives. The authors suggest ways and means by which we as individuals might help to reduce man-caused climatic change. The book is published by Rodale, the organic gardening gurus whose publications are noted more for earnestness than dispassionate inquiry. A statement up-front says that "human activity is contributing" to global warming. That's probably true, but I would like to be persuaded rather than instructed. It would be interesting to learn more about the differing scientific views on the subject of climate change and its impact on man. There's quite a debate going on out there, but you would never know it from this book. I also must complain about the small size and inadequate text of what should be the most interesting part of the book: "Charting Climate Change." Here's where the rubber meets the road: how much warmer is it going to be one hundred years from now? Unfortunately, the answer is relegated to a brief appendix and the world maps showing projected changes in temperature and precipitation are approximately two inches by four inches and unreadable without a magnifying glass for somebody who wants to know how much warmer it is going to be in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. The beautiful illustrations capture your attention and hold it --but much of the text does not. It will look good on your coffee table, but most people will probably thumb through the book rather than reading it cover to cover. Smallchief

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