The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge / Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Warning signs -- Polar changes -- Glacial retreat -- Everyday extremes -- The greenhouse effect -- The climate system -- Interpreting past climates -- Forecasting future climates -- Emissions past and present -- Fossil fuels -- Methane and other gases -- Transportation -- Disrupting the carbon balance -- Agriculture -- Disrupted ecosystems -- Threatened water supplies -- Food security -- Threats to health -- Rising sea levels -- Cities at risk -- Cultural losses -- International action -- Meeting Kyoto targets -- Carbon trading -- Financing responses -- Local commitment -- Carbon Dioxide and economic growth -- Renewable energy -- Adapting to change -- Personal action -- Public action.