Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis : Volume 1 - The Physical Climate - Farmer, G. Thomas; Cook, John.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
1. Introduction -- Part I - Scientific principles and the scientific method -- 2. scientific principles -- 3. The scientific method and its use -- Part II - Overview of climate change science -- 4. Earth's energy budget -- 5. Climate change trends -- 6. Earth's surface temperature -- 7. Climate change science as earth science --  Part III - Earth's atmosphere -- 8. Introduction to earth's atmosphere -- 9. Carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases, and the carbon cycle -- 10. Earth's albedo, radiative forcing and climate change -- 11. Atmospheric circulation and climate -- Part IV - The world ocean and climate -- 12. The world ocean -- 13. Ocean heat content and rising sea level --  Part V - Earth's cryosphere and recent climate history -- 14. Glaciers and the latest ice age -- 15. Permafrost and methane --  Part VI - Land and its climates -- 16. Continents and mountain ranges -- 17. Climate classifications -- Part VII - Climate models -- 18. Types of models.- Part VIII - Climates of the past (paleoclimatology) -- 19. Paleoclimates and proxies -- 20. Climates of the recent past -- 21. Pleistocene glaciations -- Part IX - Future climates and mitigation -- 22. Projections of future climates -- Part X - Skeptics and deniers of global warming -- 23. Understanding climate denial -- Part XI - Specific declarations against climate science and climate scientists -- 24. Rebuttals to climate myths -- Index.
Keywords: Environment; Climate change; Earth sciences; Lifelong learning; Adult education; Geography; Organic chemistry; Environment, general; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Earth Sciences, general; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education; Geography, general; Organic Chemistry