A Brief History of the Earth's Climate: Everyone's Guide to the Science of Climate Change

An excellent introductory guide to modern and paleo climate.

The book is extremely well written, and is easy to understand. Complex science has been made more accessible by the way the author has explained the material....easy enough to understand, but not overly simplified. I'm glad I purchased this book - 5 stars from me!

(Might be a little heavy if you don’t have a decent science background) Steven Earle does an excellent job in analyzing the history of Earth’s Climate and Organisms. He explores the 5 previous known extinctions and compares them to present day. He looks at climate through the lens of natural processes: Positive Feedback Loops Cycles of Glaciation and Glacier Recession Changes in Earth’s Orbit Changes in the Sun’s Energy Changes in Earth’s Tilt Tectonic Processes and Volcanic Activity Ocean Temperature and Salinity Asteroid Impacts Human Population Growth and Technology GHG Emissions from Human and Non-Human Sources His analysis is thorough and leaves the reader with one inescapable conclusion - the planet is warming and it is due to human energy consumption.

This book is an excellent primer on climatology. Marvellously readable, very informative and up-to-date.

A good summary of aspects of relevant climate issues. Easy read for lay person. For more academic reading there maybe other texts

The earth has experienced many types of climates over the 4.5 billion years, as illustrated by its rocks, glaciers, sea bottom sediments, and other physical traces of the past. It you are looking for a book, written by a scientist, of under 200 pages that provides a good, clearly written primer on earth’s climate, add this book to your reading list. Steven Earle explores, step-by-step, the various earth’s processes (e.g., volcanic eruptions, plate tectonics) that impact climate. As nothing is new to the earth, except us homo sapiens, past climates can give us many clues concerning the future. No preachy stuff. Just the well written facts with supporting evidence.

Excellent book. Tiny bit challenging if no science knowledge