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Mark Twain's comment--everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it--no longer applies: human activities have altered the global climate, and governments are implementing policies to avoid more extreme perturbations. Global Climate Change examines the factors responsible for global climate change and the geophysical, biological, economic, legal, and cultural consequences of such changes. The book highlights the complexity of decision-making under uncertainty, contrasting the methods that various disciplines employ to evaluate past and future conditions.For Instructors (Available to Qualified Adopters)Available to qualified adopters of Global Climate Change, an Instructor's Resource Library featuring all of the textbook's figures (art and photographs) and tables are provided in both JPEG (high- and low-resolution) and PowerPoint formats. All of the images have been formatted and optimized for excellent projection quality.

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The author has done a superb job. The most striking first impression is that the volume is visually stunning. The author has tried to weave together many divergent strands of climate science, engineering, and policy in such a way that the larger story clearly emerges from the detail, such that the motivation in students to understand and to act is given a compelling justification. At this goal, Bloom has succeeded spectacularly. * Barry W. Brook, The Quarterly Review of Biology * This is a unique and indispensable volume for teaching contemporary global change. * Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis, and Editor-in-Chief, Ecology * This book seems to me a possible breakthrough work because of its scope. Its reach in explaining the field of climate change is unlike anything I've seen. * Roy Peterson, California Department of Water Resources * Professor Bloom has created the definitive textbook on climate change. It is comprehensive, well-written and organized * and timely. Bloom's book will inform and inspire a generation of students confronting the most urgent challenge of our time. * Global Climate Change hits a great balance of topics, is short enough to cover a range of basics while leaving a few weeks in a semester to delve into depth on some, and uses humor to take the edge off of what might be stressful information for some students (e.g., equations). * Duane Griffin, Bucknell University *

"""Global Climate Change hits a great balance of topics, is short enough to cover a range of basics while leaving a few weeks in a semester to delve into depth on some, and uses humor to take the edge off of what might be stressful information for some students (e.g., equations).""--Duane Griffin, Bucknell University ""Professor Bloom has created the definitive textbook on climate change. It is comprehensive, well-written and organized--and timely. Bloom's book will inform and inspire a generation of students confronting the most urgent challenge of our time.""--Kerry Tremain, University of California, Office of the President, and former Editor-in-Chief, California magazine ""This book seems to me a possible breakthrough work because of its scope. Its reach in explaining the field of climate change is unlike anything I've seen.""--Roy Peterson, California Department of Water Resources ""This is a unique and indispensable volume for teaching contemporary global change.""--Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis, and Editor-in-Chief, Ecology ""The author has done a superb job. The most striking first impression is that the volume is visually stunning. The author has tried to weave together many divergent strands of climate science, engineering, and policy in such a way that the larger story clearly emerges from the detail, such that the motivation in students to understand and to act is given a compelling justification. At this goal, Bloom has succeeded spectacularly.""--Barry W. Brook, The Quarterly Review of Biology"

'Professor Bloom has created the definitive textbook on climate change. It is comprehensive, well-written and organized--and timely. Bloom's book will inform and inspire a generation of students confronting the most urgent challenge of our time.' --Kerry Tremain, University of California 'A... breakthrough work because of its scope. Its reach in explaining the field of climate change is unlike anything I've seen.' --Roy Peterson, California Department of Water Resources 'This is a unique and indispensable volume for teaching contemporary global change.' --Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis, and Editor-in-Chief, Ecology

Global Climate Change hits a great balance of topics, is short enough to cover a range of basics while leaving a few weeks in a semester to delve into depth on some, and uses humor to take the edge off of what might be stressful information for some students (e.g., equations). --Duane Griffin, Bucknell University Professor Bloom has created the definitive textbook on climate change. It is comprehensive, well-written and organized--and timely. Bloom's book will inform and inspire a generation of students confronting the most urgent challenge of our time. --Kerry Tremain, University of California, Office of the President, and former Editor-in-Chief, California magazine This book seems to me a possible breakthrough work because of its scope. Its reach in explaining the field of climate change is unlike anything I've seen. --Roy Peterson, California Department of Water Resources This is a unique and indispensable volume for teaching contemporary global change. --Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis, and Editor-in-Chief, Ecology The author has done a superb job. The most striking first impression is that the volume is visually stunning. The author has tried to weave together many divergent strands of climate science, engineering, and policy in such a way that the larger story clearly emerges from the detail, such that the motivation in students to understand and to act is given a compelling justification. At this goal, Bloom has succeeded spectacularly. --Barry W. Brook, The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Arnold J. Bloom received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Yale University. He spent several years developing computer models of the spread of air pollution over cities in the USA and Germany. He received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, where he also completed a two-semester course in Environmental Legislation at the Law School. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He has been on the faculty of the University of California at Davis for thirty years. His publications range from major reviews on the economics of resource allocation in plants to the future of agriculture under rising carbon dioxide levels. He has coauthored textbooks on plant physiology and plant mineral nutrition. Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines derives from a General Education course offered for the past seven years that has grown to an enrollment of three hundred students.

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