A really good book looking at climate change from a historical perspective is:-
A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming
Written for just about everyone with an interest in the topic, from laymen to scientists, Edwards gives insight into the origins of the problem and when it was first raised as a potential issue. He discusses many of the issues surrounding climate change, issues such as modeling, the use of historical data, the conflicts between forecasting and climate modeling, the struggles to build international organisations suitable for an international problem, etc., etc., and etc.
I think he does a pretty good job at showing why we should be concerned. Besides this, what's worthwhile about the book is that Edwards provides references to some of the really early papers on the topic and explains the scientific debates these papers generated, even back in their time.
This one is from an 1896 paper by S. Arhhenius:-
On The Influence Of Carbonic Acid In the Air Upon the Temperature Of the Earth
An abridged version is here:-
On The Influence Of Carbonic Acid In the Air Upon the Temperature Of the Earth
You will need to use the arrows at the top to flick from page to page.
The thing about these kind of early papers is that they provide an introduction to the problem and provide some insight as to why we should at least be concerned.
A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming
Written for just about everyone with an interest in the topic, from laymen to scientists, Edwards gives insight into the origins of the problem and when it was first raised as a potential issue. He discusses many of the issues surrounding climate change, issues such as modeling, the use of historical data, the conflicts between forecasting and climate modeling, the struggles to build international organisations suitable for an international problem, etc., etc., and etc.
I think he does a pretty good job at showing why we should be concerned. Besides this, what's worthwhile about the book is that Edwards provides references to some of the really early papers on the topic and explains the scientific debates these papers generated, even back in their time.
This one is from an 1896 paper by S. Arhhenius:-
On The Influence Of Carbonic Acid In the Air Upon the Temperature Of the Earth
An abridged version is here:-
On The Influence Of Carbonic Acid In the Air Upon the Temperature Of the Earth
You will need to use the arrows at the top to flick from page to page.
The thing about these kind of early papers is that they provide an introduction to the problem and provide some insight as to why we should at least be concerned.
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