I was very glad to see that a new, fully updated third edition of this volume of the truly brilliant Very Short Introduction series from Oxford University Press has now been released under a new title – Climate Change – that reflects the continued increase in understanding of this global phenomenon.
For the past decade, the subject of global warming has been a touchy one to say the least. To some it is a simple fact supported by reams of scientific data, to others it is fear-mongering fiction promoted by “environmentalist radicals.”