Climate Change: Picturing the Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393331257)

Going beyond the headlines, this work by leading NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt and master photographer Joshua Wolfe illustrates as never before the ramifications of shifting climate. Photographic spreads show retreating glaciers, sinking villages in Alaska's tundra, and drying lakes. The text follows adventurous scientists through the ice caps at the poles to the coral reefs of the tropical seas. Marshaling data spanning centuries and continents, the book sparkles with cutting-edge research and visual records, including contributions from experts on atmospheric science, oceanography, paleoclimatology, technology, politics, and the polar regions. As Jeffrey D. Sachs writes in his powerful foreword, "Climate Change is a tour de force of public education."

Author: Gavin Schmidt,Joshua Wolfe
ISBN-10: 0393331253
ISBN-13: 9780393331257
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 04/06/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.90h x 8.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2009 pg. 22
Vanity Fair 05/01/2009 pg. 60
Choice 11/01/2009