Fletcher's 1st edition of "Climate Change: What the ScienceTells Us" places strong emphasis on the peer-reviewed literature inreporting the impacts of climate change on the ocean, terrestrialecosystems, the water cycle, human communities, dangerous weatherpatterns, and potential future Earth systems. The book offersdetailed discussion of greenhouse gases, oceanic and atmosphericprocesses, Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimate, the humanfingerprints of climate change, modeling climate, sea level rise,climate impacts on economic sectors, and dangerous weather patternsassociated with climate change.

Fletcher offers the first real textbook to present the sciencesurrounding climate change at the right level for an undergraduatestudent. His polished writing style makes this an entertaining readwhile the pedagogical support and organization helps studentsbetter identify and understand key concepts, ideas and terms. Eachchapter is organized with learning objectives, student exercises,videos, scientific citations to promote further learning, andcreative thinking problems to underpin classroom discussion.