THE SCIENCE SHELF This page of the Science Shelf is a subset of the full list of books reviewed by date for people who are interested in weather and climate, especially global climate change.
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Reviews of books in reverse chronological order by year of publication.
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Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia BarnettAdaptive Governance and Climate Change by Ronald D. Brunner and Amanda H. LynchThe Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps by Peter D. Ward
2009 Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley by Stephan Faris2008 Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming by Mark Bowen2007 A Contract with the Earth by Newt Gingrich and Terry L. MapleCool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming by Bjorn LomborgThe Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization by Brian Fagan (2004 book added in 2007)Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming by Chris MooneyWhere We Stand: A Surprising Look at the Real State of Our Planet by Seymour Garte2006 The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds by Gavin Pretor-PinneyField Notes From A Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth KolbertThe Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery2005 Climate Crash: Abrupt Climate Change and What It Means for Our Future by John D. CoxThe Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney2004 Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry by Scott HulerFitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast by John and Mary Gribbin2003 Column published March 30, 2003, Earth Policy 2003. The Earth Policy Reader by Lester R. BrownThe Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World by Peter D. Ward and Donald BrownleeScience, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion by Daniel GreenbergState of the World 2003 by the Worldwatch Institute2002 A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals About the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe by Gino Segre2001 The Coming Storm: Extreme Weather and Our Terrifying Future by Bob ReissHurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth by Dr. Bob Sheets and Jack WilliamsThe Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850 by Brian FaganOur Final Hour: A Scientist's Warning; How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century On Earth and Beyond by Martin Rees2000 Inside the Hurricane: Face to Face with Nature's Deadliest Storms by Pete DaviesLife's Matrix: A Biography of Water by Philip Ball1999 The Change in the Weather: People, Weather, and the Science of Climate by William K. Stevens1998 Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land by Jan DeBlieu1997 Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan
