Climate change (Class of 2019): Information of books

This list will be updated and modified frequently during the semester.

• Mark Maslin, (2004, 2009) 2014: Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction (Third Edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-871904-5 (ebook ISBN 978-0-19-102912-7). [Pubilsher's page about this book] [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + a detailed table of contents (in English)] Note: The title of the 1st and 2nd editions was "Global Warming".
• Mark Maslin, 2013: Climate: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964113-0. [Publisher's page about this book] [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + a detailed table of contents (in English)]
  • Japanese edition of this book is published by Maruzen Pub. [Publisher's page about this book (in Japanese)] [Masuda's memo (in Japanese)]

Books which I can lend (perhaps to be transferred to the university library)

(Anthropogenic) climate change, introduction

• Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing, 2006: The Atlas of Climate Change. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25023-9 (pbk.). [Table of contents] (3 ed. published in 2011) (Japanese edition 1 ed. 2007 and 2 ed. 2012 available at TMU Library 3rd floor.)
• David Archer and Stefan Rahmstorf, 2010: The Climate Crisis -- An Introductory Guide to Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-73255-0 (pbk.). [Table of contents]
• Andrew E. Dessler, 2012: Introduction to Modern Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-17315-5 (pbk.). [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents] (2 ed. published in 2016.)

(Anthropogenic) climate change, scientific basis

• David Randall, 2012: Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate (Princeton Primers in Climate). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14375-0 (pbk.) [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents]
• Dennis L. Hartmann, (1994) 2016: Global Physical Climatology (2 ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-328531-7. [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents] [Table of contents (1 ed. and 2 ed.)]
• Kendall McGuffie and Ann Henderson-Sellers, (1987, 1997, 2005) 2014: The Climate Modelling Primer. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-94332-2 (pbk.). [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents]

History of science

• Spencer R. Weart, (2003) 2008: The Discovery of Global Warming (revised ed.). Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03189-0 (pbk.). [Masuda's memo (in Japanese)] [[x] Web site created by the author which contain more information than the book]
• Paul N. Edwards, 2010: A Vast Machine -- Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01392-5. [Masuda's memo (in Japanese)] [Table of contents]
• Joshua P. Howe, 2014: Behind the Curve -- Science and the Politics of Global Warming. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 390 pp. ISBN 978-0-295-99368-3. [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents] (added 2019-Jul-17)

• David Archer & Raymond Pierrehumbert eds., 2011: The Warming Papers: The Scientific Foundation for the Climate Change Forecast.Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-9616-1 (pbk.). [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents]

Retrospective narratives by relevant persons

• Stephen H. Schneider, 2009: Science as a Contact Sport -- Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate. National Geographic. ISBN 978-1-4262-0540-8 (pbk.). [Masuda's memo (in Japanese)] [Table of contents]
• Bert Bolin, 2007: A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change -- The Role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88082-4. [Masuda's memo (in Japanese)] [Table of contents]

Impacts of climate change on ecosystems and biodiversity, issues of their conservation

• Thomas E. Lovejoy & Lee Hannah eds., 2005: Climate Change and Biodiversity. New Haven CT USA: Yale University Press. [My memo in Japanese] (moved from another page 2019-Jul-18)
• Lee Hannah, (2011), 2015: Climate Change Biology (Second Edition). London: Academic Press (an imprint of Elsevier), 455 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-420218-4 (paperback). [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents] (added 2019-Jul-17)
• Thomas E. Lovejoy & Lee Hannah eds., 2019: Biodiversity and Climate Change -- Transforming the Biosphere. New Haven CT USA: Yale University Press, 387 pp. ISBN 978-0-300-20611-1 (paperback). [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) + table of contents] (added 2019-Jul-17)

Economists' view on climate change and its costs-and-benefits

• William D. Nordhaus, 2013: The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World. Yale University Press. [Masuda's memo (in Japanese) about the Japanese edition of the book] (added 2019-Jul-17) (Note: I just have its Japanese editon.)