Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. A Note on Units xv
6. ROOM ONE Weather and Climate SIMPLE OR COMPLEX?
7. 1 Was Svante Right? 1
8. 2 Occam’s Razor and the Case for Simpler Explanations 20
9. ROOM TWO From Weather to Climate DYNAMICS IN TIME AND SPACE
10. 3 The Basics of Weather and Climate—It’s Simple! 39
11. 4 If Weather and Climate Are Simple, Why Is Prediction So Hard? 62
12. 5 El Niño Is Only the Beginning: Major Climate Oscillations 76
13. 6 What Can Ice Tell Us about Rapid Climate Change? 97
14. 7 Extremes We Will Never See 114
15. ROOM THREE Earth System Science as a Process HOW IT WORKS, AND WORKS FOR US
16. 8 How Long Does It Take to Shift a Paradigm? 125
17. 9 The Stages of Environmental Grief 151
18. ROOM FOUR Climate Change THE DATA, THE MODELS, AND OUR FUTURE
19. 10 The Discovery (and Rediscovery) of Climate Change 173
20. 11 Simplifying the Explanation: How Right Was Svante? 198
21. 12 Predictions and Possible Surprises 213
22. Epilogue: Making It Local 229
23. Bibliographic Essay 235
24. Figure Credits 253
25. Index 259