Product Description

"Earth's Climate: Past and Future" works as either a nonmajors introduction to Earth system science or climate change, or as a majors/graduate-level overview of the processes and techniques in climate science. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective by a researcher/instructor in the field, the text summarizes the major lessons to be learned from 550 million years of climate changes, as a way of evaluating the climatological impact on and by humans in this century. The book also looks ahead to possible effects during the next several centuries of fossil fuel use.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #242081 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 465 pages

About the Author
William F. Ruddiman, University of Virginia.

Customer Reviews

Earth's Climate: A Rave Review!
In Earth's Climate, William Ruddiman has described in detail a very wide range of factors that have influenced climate changes over a range of scales in geological history, and which will continue to have an effect on global climates into the future. The book is excellently presented, and is one of the most comprehensive on these topics I have seen. Many of the images from the text, along with other resources, are available on a CD-ROM that accompanies the book, and also on a website for fno charge. The author highlights a number of further references for each topic, generally articles and books which are seminal to the field. He also uses boxes highlighting key terms, interactions with other book sections and review questions, all of which combine to give the reader a thorought understanding of the main issues, and the opportunity to research further any points of major interest. The book would be to use to university members from undergraduate to post-doctoral level and beyond, and is both an excellent teaching and learning aid. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone in the very broad field of climate dynamics.