Climate in Crisis: The Greenhouse Effect and What You Can Do

One of the clearest pictures of the greenhouse effect – how it works, what is happening now, and what we can do about it. This book, now a classic, if dated, drew upon the available scientific literature prior to 1990 to project what would happen if emissions continued and efforts to negotiate a binding treaty failed. The predictions are astonishingly prescient and hold up well more than 20 years later. Bates’ chapter on the worst-case “runaway greenhouse effect” is especially gripping, given recent evidence of tipping points having been reached. Graphs and illustrations to help you visualize a complex science. This book came with a foreword by then Senator Al Gore, who sent it to all members of Congress and read it as inspiration for Earth in the Balance.